SQL database server requirements

Item Requirement Notes
Hard Drive 750 GB
Processor type Quad Core, Quad Proc
RAM 16 GB
Operating System type 64-bit
Operating System

Windows 2008 R2 +SP1 - 64 bit(Standard or Enterprise)

Windows 2012 - 64 bit(Datacenter or Standard)

Windows 2012 R2 - 64 bit(Datacenter or Standard)

Windows 2016 - 64 bit

( Standard)

SQL Server

Enterprise or Standard

  • SQL 2008 R2 SP3 - 64 bit
  • SQL 2012 SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4 - 64-bit
  • SQL 2014 SP1/SP2/SP3 - 64-bit
  • SQL 2016 SP1/SP2 - 64-bit
    Note: For Clustered support, you must use the SQL 2016 SP1 Enterprise Edition 64 bit.
  • SQL Server 2017 CU20 - 64 bit
  • SQL Server 2019 CU4 -64 bit
Note: A separate reporting services installer is available for SQL 2017 and 2019.
The following features need to be installed:

Instance Features

  • Database Engine Services
  • Reporting Services - Required for Reporting Server

Shared Features

  • SQL Server Data Tools [2014] (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/down-load/details.aspx?id=42313)
  • SQL Server Data Tools [2012]
  • Business Intelligence Development Studio [2008 R2]
  • Client Tools Connectivity
  • Client Tools Backward Compatibility
  • Client Tools SDK
  • Documentation Components
  • Management Tools - Basic
    • Management Tools - Complete
  • SQL Client Connectivity SDK

Collation

Collation set to the default value at install: Dictionary order, case-insensitive, for use with 1252 character Set, which equals the SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

Mode

  • Native Mode / Compatibility Level (level120)[2014]
  • Native Mode / Compatibility Level (level 110) [2012]
  • Native Mode / Compatibility Level (level 100) [2008 R2]

Size

  • The recommended initial size for Certification Manager database is -
    • Certification Manager database data file (mdf): 20GB
    • Certification Manager database log file (ldf) : 2GB. ldf, 10% auto growth and recovery model as simple
Note: The Certification Manager database size is set by default during Certification Manager installation

tempdb

  • Minimum requirement for SQL tempdb: 8 GB
  • Minimum Requirement for ldf: 2GB. ldf, 25% auto growth for data file and 20% for log files with recovery model as simple.