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System Requirements

Make sure that servers on which you plan to deploy Veeam Cloud Connect infrastructure components meet system requirements listed below.

Cloud Gateway

Specification	Requirement
Hardware	CPU: x86 or x86-64 processor. Memory: OS requirements plus Cloud Gateway Service requirements. A single connection from a tenant consumes around 512 KB of memory. 1 GB of memory in a cloud gateway can be used to receive up to 2,000 concurrent connections. Disk Space: 300 MB. Network: 1 Gbps LAN.
OS	32-bit and 64-bit versions of the following operating systems are supported1: Microsoft Windows Server 20222 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel (from version 1803 to version 20H2) Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Microsoft Windows 11 (version 21H22) Microsoft Windows 10 (from version 1803 to version 21H12, and 21H23) Microsoft Windows 8.1 Microsoft Windows 7 SP1

Specification

Requirement

Hardware

CPU: x86 or x86-64 processor.

Memory: OS requirements plus Cloud Gateway Service requirements. A single connection from a tenant consumes around 512 KB of memory. 1 GB of memory in a cloud gateway can be used to receive up to 2,000 concurrent connections.

Disk Space: 300 MB.

Network: 1 Gbps LAN.

32-bit and 64-bit versions of the following operating systems are supported1:

Microsoft Windows Server 20222
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel (from version 1803 to version 20H2)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Microsoft Windows 11 (version 21H22)
Microsoft Windows 10 (from version 1803 to version 21H12, and 21H23)
Microsoft Windows 8.1
Microsoft Windows 7 SP1

1 Server Core installations of Microsoft Windows Server OSes are supported.

2 This version is supported starting from Veeam Backup & Replication 11a (build 11.0.1.1261).

3 This version is supported starting from Veeam Backup & Replication 11a (build 11.0.1.1261) with Cumulative Patch P20211211.

Veeam Backup Server

To learn about system requirements for Veeam backup servers deployed on the SP side and tenant side, see the System Requirements section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

In addition to requirements listed in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, the SP backup server must meet the following requirements:

Specification	Requirement
Hardware	Memory: 8 GB RAM minimum, 16 GB RAM for installations with more than 100 parallel tenant tasks.

The following recommendations help improve data processing performance for the SP backup server:

Specification	Recommendation
SQL Database	It is recommended to use the following versions of Microsoft SQL Server installed on a dedicated server: Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard or Enterprise Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Standard or Enterprise Edition Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard or Enterprise Edition

Specification

Recommendation

SQL Database

It is recommended to use the following versions of Microsoft SQL Server installed on a dedicated server:

Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard or Enterprise Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Standard or Enterprise Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Standard or Enterprise Edition

For installations with more than 100 parallel tenant tasks, consider performance tuning. To learn more, see Performance Tuning.

Cloud Repository

To learn about system requirements for backup repositories used as cloud repositories, see the System Requirements section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.

WAN Accelerator

To learn about system requirements for WAN accelerators deployed on the SP side and on tenant side, see the System Requirements section in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.