Hardware requirements

The hardware requirements vary depending on multiple factors including: the deployment type, seat count, repository size, and usage patterns. This page provides guidelines that help estimate the required hardware specifications.

Helix DAM is written to be efficient and lightweight. However, due to the nature of the product, most of the activities trigger calls to the underlying version control system. Keeping this in mind makes choosing the right hardware easier because Helix DAM usage is estimated along with the underlying components.

Minimal requirements

Helix DAM technology stack consists of a number of components. In order for them to stay coherent, the following minimum hardware specifications are required server installation:

Resource	Requirement
CPU	2.6GHz
Memory	4GB
Root disk	40GB
Data Storage	High-performance SAN or locally attached storage

AVX instruction set support

The CPU must have Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) instruction set support.

Determining hardware capacity requirements

Helix DAM is battle-tested to serve thousands of users. The variation in usage patterns makes it hard to give accurate numbers, but the following matrix can be used as reference based on past experience.

Seats	Memory	CPU Cores	Root Disk Space
0-100	8GB	2	40GB
100-500	16GB	4	40GB
500-1000	32GB	8	40GB
1000-2000	64GB+	16	40GB

Since the system deals with a lot of IO operations to the repositories on disk, it is recommended to have an ultra-fast (SSD/SAN) data storage with speedy access.

Additional help

For questions or concerns about performance issues and capacity management, contact Perforce Support.