vCenter Server 6.7 with embedded PSC resource requirements are shown in the following table and ordered by inventory size.
Inventory Size |
Number of vCPUs |
Memory |
Tiny |
2 |
10 GB |
Small |
4 |
16 GB |
Medium 400 hosts/4,000 virtual machines |
8 |
24 GB |
Large |
16 |
32 GB |
X-Large 2,000 hosts/35,000 virtual machines |
24 |
48 GB |
The PSC can be installed on separate physical or virtual machines. The following table lists the minimum requirements for the PCS, if it is installed on separate physical or virtual machines:
Component |
2 GHz CPU cores |
Memory |
PSC |
2 |
2 GB |
If the databases are installed on the same machine, additional CPU, memory, and disk resources will be necessary.
In vSphere 6.7, the VCSA sizing requirements mirror those of the vCenter on Windows Server, based on the size of the managed environment. When you are deploying the VCSA, the inventory size is selected (Tiny, Small, Medium, Large, or X-Large), and the VCSA appliance is configured with the required resources, as shown in the following screenshot: