When you deploy the vCenter Server Appliance or Platform Services Controller appliance, the ESXi host or DRS cluster on which you deploy the appliance must meet minimum storage requirements. The required storage depends not only on the size of the vSphere environment and the storage size, but also on the disk provisioning mode.
Storage Requirements for the vCenter Server Appliance
The storage requirements are different for each vSphere environment size and depend on your database size requirements.
| Default Storage Size | Large Storage Size | X-Large Storage Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny environment (up to 10 hosts or 100 virtual machines) | 250 GB | 775 GB | 1650 GB |
| Small environment (up to 100 hosts or 1,000 virtual machines) | 290 GB | 820 GB | 1700 GB |
| Medium environment (up to 400 hosts or 4,000 virtual machine) | 425 GB | 925 GB | 1805 GB |
| Large environment (up to 1,000 hosts or 10,000 virtual machines) | 640 GB | 990 GB | 1870 GB |
| X-Large environment (up to 2,000 hosts or 35,000 virtual machines) | 980 GB | 1030 GB | 1910 GB |
Note: The storage requirements include the requirements for the VMware Update Manager that runs as a service in the
vCenter Server Appliance.
Storage Requirements for the Platform Services Controller Appliance
The storage requirement for a Platform Services Controller appliance is 60 GB.
