System Requirements

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

Cloud Gateway

Specification	Requirement
Hardware	CPU: x86 or x86-64 processor with 4 cores. Memory: 8 GB RAM for up to 500 concurrent tenant tasks. Disk Space: 300 MB for Cloud Gateway service installation. Network: 1 Gbps LAN or faster.
OS	32-bit and 64-bit versions of the following operating systems are supported1: Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel (versions 1803 to 22H2) Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows 11 (versions 21H2, 22H2, 23H22) Microsoft Windows 10 (versions 1909 to 22H2)

Specification

Requirement

Hardware

CPU: x86 or x86-64 processor with 4 cores.

Memory: 8 GB RAM for up to 500 concurrent tenant tasks.

Disk Space: 300 MB for Cloud Gateway service installation.

Network: 1 Gbps LAN or faster.

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

Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Server Semi-Annual Channel (versions 1803 to 22H2)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows 11 (versions 21H2, 22H2, 23H22)
Microsoft Windows 10 (versions 1909 to 22H2)

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

2 This version requires Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 (build 12.1.0.2131) or later.

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 an SQL database installed on a dedicated server. The following versions of PostgreSQL are supported: PostgreSQL 14.x PostgreSQL 15.x (PostgreSQL 15.1 is included in the Veeam Backup & Replication 12 setup, PostgreSQL 15.6.1 is included in the Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 setup, but we strongly recommend to download and install the latest PostgreSQL 15.x version) The following versions of Microsoft SQL Server are supported: Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Standard or Enterprise Edition 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 an SQL database installed on a dedicated server.

The following versions of PostgreSQL are supported:

PostgreSQL 14.x
PostgreSQL 15.x (PostgreSQL 15.1 is included in the Veeam Backup & Replication 12 setup, PostgreSQL 15.6.1 is included in the Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1 setup, but we strongly recommend to download and install the latest PostgreSQL 15.x version)

The following versions of Microsoft SQL Server are supported:

Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Standard or Enterprise Edition
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 high loads (up to 1,000 parallel tenant tasks), consider performance tuning. To learn more, see this Veeam KB article.

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.

Backup Proxy

To learn about system requirements for backup proxies used in the Veeam Cloud Connect infrastructure, 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.