Ethical Wall and IM Recording server requirements

This page helps you to configure the server for your Verba Ethical Wall/IM Recording System.
Please note, that Verba Technologies does not sell server hardware, OS and database licenses.

This table outlines typical server sizing and recommended hardware and software configurations:

Ethical Wall

For Cisco deployments, both the Media Repository and the Compliance (Recording) Servers are needed.
For Skype for Business (Lync) deployments only the Media Repository is needed.

IM Recording

Both the Media Repository and the Compliance Servers are needed.

Server Role	Media Repository (MR)	Compliance Server (CS) (Recording Server)	Both functions on one server (combined MR and CS)
Server Platform	Any industry standard PC server
CPU	Quad-core Intel Xeon 2.4 GHz or higher with Hyperthreading rule of thumb: 100 messages per second per core, but minimum of 2 cores for Compliance Servers 1 Media Repository needed per 500 simultaneous web user sessions, with a minimum of 2 cores Performance is highly dependent on the actual traffic
Memory	8 GB	4GB	8GB
Hard disk	System disk - 80 GB or more
Network	1x Gigabit Ethernet	1x Gigabit Ethernet (if you use a virtual server you need to dedicate a physical port to the virtual server instance - available on VMware)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Standard Edition, latest service packs installed Important! We support the English versions of Microsoft server software!
Database	Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Express, Standard or Enterprise Edition, latest service packs installed Express Edition is bundled for free, recommended up to 1.000.000 events See SQL Server requirements If you have an existing SQL Server cluster, we recommend using that as a Verba database (in that case, 4 GB RAM is enough on the MR and MR+CS servers).
Virtualization	VMware recommended, see Virtualization. IMPORTANT! Hyper-V is currently NOT supported for passive (SPAN port-based) recorders.
Antivirus	Make sure your /wiki/spaces/docs/pages/6818345.
Power	Redundant Power Supply UPS recommended

Desktop requirements for standard search and replay workstations

Hardware and 3rd party software requirements for client computers accessing the web-based user interface:

Computer platform	Multimedia PC
CPU	Intel Pentium 4 or later
Memory	1 GB
Network	10/100 LAN interface card or WiFi adapter
Operating system	Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows 8 Microsoft Windows 10
Browser	Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.x or later Mozilla Firefox 2.x or later Google Chrome 2.x or later
Display	1024x768 resolution or higher with 16-bit color palette
Other	Monitor, keyboard, mouse