System Requirements
These are the latest system requirements for WhatsUp Gold.
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2019, or 2022
Processor:
Quad-Core
Memory:
8 GB
Storage (installation):
25 GB
Database:
SQL Server 2022 Express Edition included by default
Recommended Browsers:
Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox
Hardware Requirement Guidelines
Hardware requirements vary depending on the WhatsUp Gold configuration. Increasing the number of monitored devices, the number of monitors, types of monitors, polling intervals, and other configuration options can result in additional load on the server and database. Hardware configuration adjustments may be required to optimize performance for your environment.
Minimum server recommendations
| 100 Devices /500 Metrics*minimum required | 2,500 Devices /12,500 Metrics*minimum required | 20,000 Devices / 100,000 Metrics*minimum required | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Processor(s) | Quad-core | Quad-core | Quad-core |
| Processor speed | 2.6 GHz or more | 2.6 GHz or more | 2.6 GHz or more |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB | WhatsUp Gold Server: 16 GB Dedicated SQL Server: 32 GB (64 GB recommended) |
| Database type | SQL Server 2022 Express Edition | Dedicated SQL Server 2017/2019/2022 | Dedicated SQL Server 2017/2019/2022 |
| Hard drive | 25 GB or more free space | OS/Application - 15 GB or more free space in RAID 1 Database files - 4 x 100 GB in RAID 10 | OS/Application - 15 GB or more free space in RAID 1 Database files - 8 x 250 GB in RAID 10 Log files - 2 x 100 GB in RAID 0 Temp database files - 2 x 250GB in RAID 0 |
| Network interface card | Minimum 100 Mbps (1 Gbps preferred) | 100 Mbps (1 Gbps preferred) | 1 Gbps |
| Sound card | SAPI-capable sound card required for Text-to-Speech actions | SAPI-capable sound card required for Text-to-Speech actions | SAPI-capable sound card required for Text-to-Speech actions |
*Each data point stored in the database counts as a metric and WhatsUp Gold may collect more than one metric per monitor.
Poller requirements
Depending on the network environment and product deployment, WhatsUp Gold can poll up to 100,000 metrics with one WhatsUp Gold server and additional pollers. Additional pollers installed on your WhatsUp Gold system transmit active monitor and performance monitor data to the WhatsUp Gold server. Extending polling activity across multiple pollers increases the number of devices for which WhatsUp Gold can poll and collect data to send back to the WhatsUp Gold system. Using additional pollers, WhatsUp Gold can efficiently scale polling operations to a larger number of network devices, ultimately providing the capacity to monitor and manage larger networks. Additional pollers may be installed on any Windows system on the network, other than the WhatsUp Gold server.
| Minimum required for each additional poller | |
|---|---|
| Processor(s) | Quad-core |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Hard drive space for application | 2 GB |
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