Engine Host Requirements

The engine host system requirements are:

• Host must be on-premises.
• Oracle Linux 8.8 or later (8.x) release with Minimal Install selected as the base environment for the installation.
• Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 6, Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 7, or Red Hat Compatible Kernel.

Caution:

Don't configure the same host as a standalone engine and a KVM host.

See the following tables for the minimum and recommended hardware requirements for the engine host system within the following deployment sizes:

• Small deployment (up to 128 KVM hosts and 1,250 VMs)
• Medium deployment (up to 512 KVM hosts and 5,000 VMs)
• Large deployment (up to 1024 KVM hosts and 10,000 VMs)

Tip:

For medium and large deployments, run the engine-vacuum command periodically to maintain the databases by updating tables and removing dead rows, which lets disk space be reused. See Reclaiming Database Storage in the Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager: Administration Guide.

Table 3-1 Engine Host System Hardware Requirements - Small Deployment

Resource	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	64-bit two (2) core CPU	64-bit four (4) core or greater CPU
Memory	4 GB of available system RAM	16 GB or greater of available system RAM
Hard disk	25 GB local writable hard disk	50 GB or greater of local writable hard disk

Table 3-2 Engine Host System Hardware Requirements - Medium Deployment

Resource	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	64-bit four (4) core or greater CPU	64-bit eight (8) core or greater CPU
Memory	16 GB of available system RAM	32 GB or greater of available system RAM
Hard disk	50 GB local writable hard disk	100 GB or greater of local writable hard disk

Table 3-3 Engine Host System Hardware Requirements - Large Deployment

Resource	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	64-bit eight (8) core CPU	64-bit sixteen (16) core or greater CPU
Memory	32 GB of available system RAM	64 GB or greater of available system RAM
Hard disk	75 GB local writable hard disk	150 GB or greater of local writable hard disk

Note:

If Data Warehouse is installed and if memory is being consumed by existing processes, consider using the recommended amount of system memory based on deployment size.

Table 3-4 Engine Host System Network Interface Requirements - All Deployment Sizes

Minimum	Recommended
One network interface card (NIC) with bandwidth of at least 1 Gbps	Two or more NICs with bandwidth of at least 1 Gbps

For information about x86-based servers that are certified for Oracle Linux with UEK, see the Hardware Certification List for Oracle Linux and Virtualization.

For more details about installation, system requirements, and known issues, see:

• Oracle^® Linux 8: Release Notes for Oracle Linux 8.8
• Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Documentation.
• Oracle^® Linux 8: Installing Oracle Linux

WARNING:

Oracle doesn't support Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager on systems where the oln_developer, oln_developer_EPEL, oln_codeready_builder, oln_distro_builder, or oln_developer_UEKRn repositories are enabled, or where software from these repositories is installed on the systems where the Manager runs. Even if you follow the instructions in this document, you might render the platform unsupported if these repositories or channels are enabled or software from these channels or repositories is installed on the system.