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Requirements to Deploy Virtual Appliance

This section provides the software requirements and represents the default hardware configuration for the virtual machine where Netwrix Data Classification virtual appliance is going to be deployed.

NOTE: The requirements below are sufficient for evaluation purposes only. See the Requirements to Install Netwrix Data Classification topic for complete information on the requirements for installing Netwrix Data Classification in production environments.

Software Requirements​

The table below lists the minimum software requirements for the virtual appliance deployment:

Virtual EnvironmentRequirements
VMware- VMware server: ESXi 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, 7.0 - Workstation: 11 and 12
Hyper-V Server- Windows Server 2019 - Windows Server 2016 - Windows Server 2012 R2

NOTE: Virtual appliance comes with a 180 day trial license of a Windows server. Upon its expiration, you will need to apply your own Windows license.

Hardware Configuration​

When deploying Netwrix Data Classification virtual appliance, a pre-configured virtual machine is created. The table below contains the default hardware configuration of the VM where Netwrix Data Classification virtual appliance is going to be deployed:

ParameterValue
Common
Processor4 cores
RAM16 GB
HDD1 TB
VMware only
Total Video Memory16 MB
Network adaptervmxnet3
OtherCheck and upgrade VMware Tools during power cycle.

Hardware Requirements

Review the hardware requirements for the computer where Netwrix Data Classification will be installed.

You can deploy Netwrix Data Classification on a virtual machine running Microsoft Windows guest OS on the corresponding virtualization platform, in particular:

  • VMware vSphere
  • Microsoft Hyper-V
  • Nutanix AHV

Note that Netwrix Data Classification supports only Windows OS versions listed in the Software Requirements section.

Netwrix Data Classification Server​

The requirements in this section apply to a single Netwrix Data Classification server.

To deploy a server cluster, make sure all planned cluster nodes meet the requirements listed below. Consider deploying 1 Netwrix Data Classification Server per approx. 16, 000, 000 objects to process.

See Deployment Planning and Configuring NDC Servers Cluster and Load Balancing with DQS Mode for more information.

Hardware Component1 Server per 16 M objects
Cores8 Cores
RAM32 GB
Hard diskUP TO 35% of all data in scope
Hard drive typeSSD storage (recommended)

SQL Server​

Review the hardware requirements for the computer where Netwrix Data Classification SQL Database will be deployed.

Hardware ComponentUp to 16 M objectsUp to 32 M objects and up to 8 M objects for SharePointUp to 64 M objects and up to 16 M objects for SharePoint
Processor8 cores8 cores8 cores
RAM32 GB64 GB128 GB
Hard diskEstimate required disk space assuming 10 - 12 KB per indexed object. For example, for 5, 000, 000 objects, the database size will be approximately 50 GB. See also Deployment Planning.
Hard disk typeSSD storage (recommended)

Network Access​

SpecificationRequirement
Network accessEnsure that your Netwrix Data Classification servers are available over the network on a HTTP compliant port from all machines where the client interface (management console) will run.

Requirements to Install Netwrix Data Classification

This section contains the hardware and software requirements and other prerequisites needed to deploy Netwrix Data Classification.

Software Requirements

The table below lists the software requirements for Netwrix Data Classification installation:

| Component | Requirements | | ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --------------------- | --- | --- | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ----------------------- | ---------------------------------- | --- | -------------- | --- | --- | ----------------------- | -------------------------------- | --- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | --- | | Operating system | Windows 2012 R2 and above Server Operating System Software. | | Windows Features | | | | | --- | --- | | Web Server Role (IIS) | | | Common HTTP Features | - Default Document - HTTP Errors - Static Content - HTTP Redirection | | Security | - Windows Authentication - Anonymous Authentication NOTE: The Anonymous Authentication element is included in the default installation of IIS 7. Make sure you use IIS 7 and above. | | Application Development | - ISAPI Extensions - ISAPI Filters | | Other features | | | .NET Framework Features | - .NET Framework 4.7.2 - ASP.NET | | WCF Services | - HTTP Activation - Named Pipe Activation NOTE: To activate these features, select them under .Net Framework Advanced Services - WCF Services from Windows Features. | | | SQL Server | - SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (or later). - SQL Server 2016 SP2 recommended (for better performance). NOTE: For large environments, SQL Server Enterprise edition may be needed; see needed. See Deployment Planning. | | Visual Studio | - Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2015 and above. |

Other software
AntivirusNetwrix recommends adding NDC Index files to the list of exclusions (white list) of any installed antivirus. These files have .CSE extension.