What is the recommended hardware and Operating System (Windows or Linux) for B.O.S?
As a rule of thumb, an active backup session takes roughly 1MB of memory. Therefore, a 512MB size of RAM can support around 500 active backup sessions. The required storage space depends on the expected amount of backup data from your users, and it is possible to make use of external storage server. Most processing is done on the client side, as a result CPU utilization on the B.O.S machine shouldn’t be intensive. For your reference, in most conditions, a P4 2.8GHz CPU with 1GB of RAM and lots of disk space (2-4TB of disk space) can support up to 500 user. B.O.S runs equally well on Windows and Linux platforms. You may want to go for a platform that your system administrators are comfortable with. From the operating system point of view, Linux might be more stable and require less maintenance.
