Disk Space considerations for SCCM 2012

Disk Space considerations for SCCM 2012

What should be the SCCM 2012 Disk Space

Because disk allocation and configuration contributes to the performance of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, disk space requirements can be greater than for previous product versions. In general I follow this as base line information or guidelines that determine the amount of disk space System Center Configuration Manager 2012 requires.

Note:- Because each Configuration Manager environment is different, these values can vary from the following guidance.

For the best performance, place each object on a separate, dedicated RAID volume. For all data volumes (Configuration Manager and its database files), use RAID 10 for the best performance.

 

Data usage	Minimum disk space1	25,000 clients	50,000 clients	100,000 clients
Operating system	See guidance for the operating system.	See guidance for the operating system.	See guidance for the operating system.	See guidance for the operating system.
Configuration Manager Application and Log Files	25 GB	50 GB	100 GB	200 GB
Site database .mdf file	75 GB for every 25,000 clients	75 GB	150 GB	300 GB
Site database .ldf file	25 GB for every 25,000 clients	25 GB	50 GB	100 GB
Temp database files (.mdf and .ldf)	As needed	As needed	As needed	As needed
Content (distribution point shares)	As needed	As needed	As needed	As needed

 

1 The minimum disk space does not include the space required for source content that is located on the site server.

In addition to the preceding guidance, consider the following general guidelines when you plan for disk space requirements:

·       Each client requires approximately 3 MB of space in the database

·       When planning for the size of the Temp database for a primary site, plan for a size that is 25% to 30% of the site database .mdf file. The actual size can be significantly smaller, or larger, and depends on the performance of the site server and the volume of incoming data over both short and long periods of time.

 

This information is gathered from here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh846235.aspx