System Requirements¶
Minimum¶
RKOS runs on commodity hardware and has the following bare minimum requirements:
| CPU Arch | Disk | Memory |
|---|---|---|
aarch64 x86_64 |
4 GiB | 2 GiB |
Recommended¶
To support the dual boot partition scheme the following sizing is recommended:
| CPU Arch | Disk | Memory | Firmware |
|---|---|---|---|
aarch64 x86_64 |
16 GiB | TBD | UEFI |
The memory requirement of a RKOS system heavily depends on its use case. Factors leading to an increased memory usage are:
- installed software, RKOS runs from
tmpfs - software memory footprint can noticeable increase when operating full table BGP routers