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UNIX Configuration Requirements

Understanding LoadRunner · Load Test Planning
LoadRunner Controller User's Guide (Windows)
Chapter 3, page 63
UNIX Configuration Requirements
The results file requires a few MB of disk space for a long scenario run with many
transactions. The host machines also require a few MB of disk space for temporary
files if there is no NFS. Refer to Chapter 5,
Creating a Host List
for more
information about run-time file storage.
Requirement
Controller
GUI Vuser
(per user)
DB Vuser
(per user)
RTE Vuser
(per user)
Web Vuser
(per user)
Memory
14-20 MB
4-5 MB
plus client
applicatio
n
requirem
ents
At least
1.5 MB
(depends
on
applicatio
n)
At least 1
MB
(depends
on
application
)
~0.5 MB
Swap Space
Two times
the total
physical
memory
Four
times the
total
physical
memory
Four
times the
total
physical
memory
Four times
the total
physical
memory
Two times
the total
physical
memory
Disk Space
30 MB
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
No. of
Processes
3
4
1
3
1
No. of pty's
n/a
n/a
n/a
1
n/a
1 CPU
supports
x
users
n/a
30-50 or
more
200-300
or more
150-200 or
more
300-400 or
more