What is the recommended hardware and OS (Windows or Linux) for BackupsAnywhereOBS?
As a rule of thumb, an active backup connection takes roughly 256KB of memory. Thus, a 512MB heap size can easily support over 2000 active backup connections. The required storage space depends on the expected amount of backup data from your users, and it is possible to make use of external storage server. Most processing is done on the client side, thus CPU utilization on the BackupsAnywhereOBS machine shouldn t be intensive. For your reference, in most circumstances, a P4 2.8GHz CPU with 1GB of RAM and lots of disk space (2-4TB of disk space) can support up to 500 user. BackupsAnywhereOBS runs equally well on Windows and Linux platforms. You may want to go for a platform that your system administrators are comfortable with. From the operating system point of view, Linux might be more stable and require less maintenance. 3.2. What is the recommended bandwidth? It really depends on the expected amount of data transfer from your users and the performance criteria if any, of course, as w
