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      • 15 Nov 2023
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      • Updated on 15 Nov 2023
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      System Requirements

      You can install WCN on a computer that meets these minimum system requirements:

      • PC with 64-bit (x64) processor
      • 64-bit Microsoft Windows® 7/Server 2008 R2/Windows® 8/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Windows® 10/Server 2016/Server 2019
      Microsoft Windows® 7/Server 2008 R2 computers must run at least Service Pack 1 and have the KB976932 and the KB3033929 security updates installed.
      • 4 GB of physical RAM at least
      • 60 MB of available hard disk space for installation
      WCN keeps track of the files it manages in a database stored in the product installation folder. The size of the database grows proportionally to the number of files managed. For example, if WCN manages 1,000,000 files, the size of the database is approximately 100MB. Unless there is enough free space for the database, WCN is unable to operate.
      • The following TCP ports must not be blocked by the firewall setting for the machine where the WCN is running:
        • 443 – outbound rule only
        • 445 – outbound rule only when network share is used
      • The following TCP ports must not be blocked by the firewall facing the internet:
        • 443 – outbound rule only

      Source Storage Requirements

      WCN supports the following sources:

      • NTFS or ReFS volume, mounted on the computer running WCN as a local volume with Read & Write permissions and on which the System account is granted Full Control
      You can use as a source the whole volume or just a folder on it. You cannot use as a source a folder whose parent folder is already paired with a bucket (i.e., is set as a source itself).
      • SMB or NFS share accessible on the same network as the computer, running WCN and a dedicated account (Active Directory domain or local account on the NAS appliance), which has Full Control (on Windows) or Read & Write permissions (on Linux) over each share, which will be used as a source
      To use network storage as a source, for each network share you must prepare a shadow copy folder located on a locally mounted volume on the WCN computer. The shadow copy folder is used only for storing stub file copies of the actual files on the network share and facilitates retrieving of data to the network share if you enable Space Reclaiming. For details about configuring a NAS source, refer to NAS Source Prerequisites and Setup.

      All sources can contain data prior to pairing them with their respective bucket.


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