Windows 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.

Table 1. Product: Endpoint Standard on Windows

Metric	Endpoint Standard	Endpoint Standard + Audit & Remediation	Endpoint Standard + Enterprise EDR	Endpoint Standard + Enterprise EDR + Audit & Remediation
CPU	Minimum: 1.5 GHz Recommended: 2 GHz	Minimum: 1.8 GHz Recommended: 2 GHz	Minimum: 1.8 GHz Recommended: 2 GHz	Minimum: 1.8 GHz Recommended: 2 GHz
Memory	1 GB 2 GB for Windows 10/2016+	1 GB 2 GB for Windows 10/2016+	1 GB 2 GB for Windows 10/2016+	1 GB 2 GB for Windows 10/2016+
Cores	2	2	2	2
Network required	Minimum: 100 Mbit Recommended: 1 Gbit	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	1k bytes/sec read/writes each
*Free disk space	Minimum: 200 MB Recommended: 1 GB	Minimum: 200 MB Recommended: 1 GB	Minimum: 200 MB Recommended: 1 GB	Minimum: 200 MB Recommended: 1 GB

Note: The Windows sensor includes an optional local scanning feature that enables static file analysis of applications before they are executed. This feature requires an additional 600MB of disk storage to store signature information and allow for signature updates.

Table 2. Product: Audit & Remediation on Windows

Metric	Endpoint Standard + Audit & Remediation	Endpoint Standard + Enterprise EDR + Audit & Remediation
CPU	Minimum: 1.8 GHzRecommended: 2 GHz32-bit is not supported	Minimum: 1.8 GHzRecommended: 2 GHz32-bit is not supported
Memory	1 GB2 GB for Windows 10/2016+	1 GB2 GB for Windows 10/2016+
Cores	2	2
Network required	Minimum: 100 MbitRecommended: 1 Gbit	Minimum: 100 MbitRecommended: 1 Gbit
Minimum network during light usage	1k bytes/sec read/writes each	1k bytes/sec read/writes each
Free disk space	Minimum: 100 MBRecommended: 500 MB	Minimum: 100 MBRecommended: 500MB

Table 3. Product: Enterprise EDR on Windows

Metric	Enterprise EDR + Endpoint Standard	Enterprise EDR + Endpoint Standard + Audit & Remediation
CPU	Minimum: 1.8 GHz Recommended: 2 GHz	Minimum: 1.8 GHz Recommended: 2 GHz
Memory	1 GB2 GB for Windows 10/2016+	1 GB2 GB for Windows 10/2016+
Cores	2	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	Minimum: 100 MB Recommended: 500 MB	Minimum: 100 MB Recommended: 500 MB

Table 4. Product: Prevention on Windows

Metric	Prevention
CPU	Minimum: 1.5 GHz Recommended: 2 GHz
Memory	1 GB 2 GB for Windows 10/2016+
Cores	2
Network required	Minimum: 100 Mbit Recommended: 1 Gbit
Minimum network during light usage	1k bytes/sec read/writes each
*Free disk space	Minimum: 200 MB Recommended: 1 GB

Note: The Windows sensor includes an optional local scanning feature that enables static file analysis of applications before they are executed. This feature requires an additional 600MB of disk storage to store signature information and allow for signature updates.