Hardware Requirements

Recommended hardware specifications for running SCANOSS on-premise.

Hardware requirements vary depending on which Knowledge Base you choose to install during setup. You will be prompted to choose between the full SCANOSS KB or the Test KB, the Test KB is intended for non-production testing only and has significantly lower storage requirements.

Supported operating systems: Debian 11, Debian 12, CentOS

Full Knowledge Base Requirements

Component	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	8-core x64, 3.5 GHz	32-core x64, 3.6 GHz
RAM	32 GB	128 GB
HDD	23.5TB SSD (NVMe preferred)	24TB SSD (NVMe preferred)

Test Knowledge Base Requirements

Component	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	8-core x64, 3.5 GHz	32-core x64, 3.6 GHz
RAM	16 GB	32 GB
HDD	700 GB SSD (NVMe preferred)	1 TB SSD (NVMe preferred)