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ZixGateway Virtual Requirements

The following table lists the virtual appliance requirements for each machine you intend to run ZixGateway.

You must use hardware listed on either the VMWare hardware compatibility list or the Microsoft Hyper-V hardware compatibility list.

Description

Minimum Setting

Recommended Setting

Microsoft Hyper-V

2008 R2 or higher

2008 R2 or higher

VMware vSphere

VMware ESX

VMware ESXi with Platinum or Gold Support

5.0 or higher

4.0 or higher

4.0 or higher

5.0 or higher

4.0 or higher

4.0 or higher

Memory

4 GB (4096 MB)

8 GB (8192 MB)

Hard Disk Space

50 GB

100 GB

CPU

2

4

Processor Speed

2.4 GHz

2.4 GHz

Processor Type

32-bit

32-bit

NICs

1

2

These requirements assume an email message volume of no more than 50,000 messages per day. Message volumes greater than 50,000 per day require additional virtual machines configured in a ZixGateway cluster.

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