The hardware requirements are based on the number of VMs used for each component.

Core VMware Integrated OpenStack Components

Component

VMs

vCPU

vRAM (GB)

vDisk Space (GB)

Integrated OpenStack Manager

1

2 (2 per VM)

4 (4 per VM)

25

Controllers, Compute service (Nova CPU)

1

8 (8 per VM)

16 (16 per VM)

80 (80 per VM)

TOTAL

2

10

20 GB

120 GB

If you install Ceilometer, additional resources are required.

Table 1. Additional requirements for Ceilometer

Component

VMs

vCPU

vRAM (GB)

vDisk Space (GB)

Ceilometer

1

2 (2 per VM)

4 (4 per VM)

20 (20 per VM)

Database (MongoDB or NoSQL) for Ceilometer

3

6 (2 per VM)

12 (4 per VM)

60 (20 per VM)

TOTAL

4

8

16

80