Linux Hardware Recommendations

Endpoints should comply with all hardware requirements for the OS you are running. Consider all processes that run on the endpoints when determining hardware configuration. Only industry standard desktop, laptop, or notebook computers and server hardware platforms are supported. Mobile and tablet require additional qualifications. Please contact VMware Carbon Black Support for additional information.

Note: The sensor's CPU and Memory usage will vary (increase or decrease) in response to other system activity because its job is to monitor, record, and respond to such activity. The following requirements are in addition to peak resource usage by the system when the sensor is not installed or is in bypass, and represent a worst case scenario. The sensor should not use more resources than what is listed in the following tables, but can use significantly less resources depending on the system workload.

Table 1. Product: Endpoint Standard on Linux

Metric	Endpoint Standard	Endpoint Standard + Enterprise EDR	Endpoint Standard + Enterprise EDR + Audit & Remediation
CPU	Any 64-bit x86-64 or ARMv8 based Graviton (aarch64/arm64) family processor based chipset No speed required	Any 64-bit x86-64 or ARMv8 based Graviton (aarch64/arm64) family processor based chipset No speed required	Any 64-bit x86-64 or ARMv8 based Graviton (aarch64/arm64) family processor based chipset No speed required
Memory	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB
Cores	2	2	2
Network Required	Minimum: 100 Mbit Recommended: 1 Gbit	Minimum: 100 Mbit Recommended: 1 Gbit	Minimum: 100 Mbit Recommended: 1 Gbit
Minimum network during light usage	1k bytes/sec read/writes each	1k bytes/sec read/writes each	1k bytes/sec read/writes each
Free disk space	/opt: 100 MB /var: 1600 MB	/opt: 100 MB /var: 2600 MB	/opt: 100 MB /var: 3200 MB

Table 2. Product: Audit & Remediation on Linux

Metric	Audit & Remediation	Enterprise EDR + Audit & Remediation
CPU	Any 64-bit x86-64 or ARMv8 based Graviton (aarch64/arm64) family processor based chipset No speed required	Any 64-bit x86-64 or ARMv8 based Graviton (aarch64/arm64) family processor based chipset No speed required
Memory	10 MB	110 MB
Cores	1	2
Network Required	Minimum: 100 Mbit Recommended: 1 Gbit	Minimum: 100 Mbit Recommended: 1 Gbit
Minimum network during light usage	1k bytes/sec read/writes each	1k bytes/sec read/writes each
Free disk space	/opt: 100 MB /var: 900 MB	/opt: 100 MB /var: 2200 MB

Table 3. Product: Enterprise EDR on Linux

Metric	Enterprise EDR	Enterprise EDR + Endpoint Standard	Enterprise EDR + Endpoint Standard + Audit & Remediation
CPU	Any 64-bit x86-64 or ARMv8 based Graviton (aarch64/arm64) family processor based chipset No speed required	Any 64-bit x86-64 or ARMv8 based Graviton (aarch64/arm64) family processor based chipset No speed required	Any 64-bit x86-64 or ARMv8 based Graviton (aarch64/arm64) family processor based chipset No speed required
Memory	100 MB	250 MB	250 MB
Cores	2	2	2
Network Required	Minimum: 100 Mbit Recommended: 1 Gbit	Minimum: 100 Mbit Recommended: 1 Gbit	Minimum: 100 Mbit Recommended: 1 Gbit
Minimum network during light usage	1k bytes/sec read/writes each	1k bytes/sec read/writes each	1k bytes/sec read/writes each
Free disk space	/opt: 100 MB /var: 1600 MB	/opt: 100 MB /var: 2600 MB	/opt: 100 MB /var: 3200 MB

Table 4. Product: Prevention on Linux

Metric	Prevention
CPU	Any 64-bit x86-64 chipset No speed required
Memory	100 MB
Cores	2
Network Required	Minimum: 100 Mbit Recommended: 1 Gbit
Minimum network during light usage	1k bytes/sec read/writes each
Free disk space	/opt: 100 MB /var: 1600 MB