Veeam Backup for Public Clouds Management

To manage large environments with multiple Veeam Backup for Public Clouds appliances, use the following sizing recommendations.

Veeam Service Provider Console

For Veeam Service Provider Console, use a server that meets the following requirements:

Backup appliances*

< 10

< 50

< 100

< 150

< 200

CPU

2 vCPUs

4 vCPUs

6 vCPUs

8 vCPUs

8 vCPUs

Memory

4 GB

8 GB

12 GB

12 GB

16 GB

Minimum bandwidth

2 Mbit/sec

6 Mbit/sec

8 Mbit/sec

8 Mbit/sec

10 Mbit/sec

Disk space

5 GB

15 GB

20 GB

25 GB

30 GB

* Under the condition that a backup appliance has 30 workloads included in 2 daily data protection jobs, 1 weekly job and 1 monthly job. Managed Veeam Cloud Connect server protects 200 backup appliances.

Microsoft SQL Server

Veeam Service Provider Console ships with the Microsoft SQL Server Express edition. The Express edition can be used for POC, trial and small-scale environments on a temporary basis. It is not recommended to use the Microsoft SQL Server Express edition in case you have more than 10 backup appliances.

For production deployments, use Microsoft SQL Server Standard and higher. Microsoft SQL Server that hosts the Veeam Service Provider Console database must meet the following requirements:

Backup appliances1

< 10

< 50

< 100

< 150

< 200

Microsoft SQL Server Edition

SQL Server Express2

SQL Server Standard

SQL Server Enterprise

SQL Server Standard

SQL Server Enterprise

SQL Server Standard

SQL Server Enterprise

SQL Server Standard

SQL Server Enterprise

CPU

2 vCPUs

6 vCPUs

8 vCPUs

8 vCPUs

10 vCPUs

Memory

4 GB

8 GB

12 GB

16 GB

20 GB

Database Size

15 GB in a year3

55 GB in a year3

85 GB in a year3

110 GB in a year3

170 GB in a year3

Minimal Reservation for Temp DB4

-

8 GB

12 GB

16 GB2

20 GB

1. Under the condition that a backup appliance has 30 workloads included in 2 daily data protection jobs, 1 weekly job and 1 monthly job. Managed Veeam Cloud Connect server protects 200 backup appliances.

2. Not recommended for production deployments.

3. With default retention settings (3 months).

4. It is recommended to store Temp DB data on SSD.

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