Imaging V3 - disk

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Installation disk space requirements

These requirements are valid for both Microsoft Windows and Linux via Docker deployments:

Single machine (standalone mode) deployment scenario

A CAST Imaging installation will consume approx. 20GB of disk space. This includes the following (but does not include any result storage requirements):

• The CAST Imaging installer ZIP file
• The CAST Imaging installer unzipped on disk
• Installed software (whether Microsoft Windows programs or Docker images/containers), including CAST Imaging Core and the database component (CAST Storage Service for Microsoft Windows / PostgreSQL provided as a Docker image)

Distributed (enterprise mode) deployment scenario

Each CAST Imaging component will consume differing amounts of disk space (not including any result storage requirements), therefore the total disk space for an installation depends on the combination of components you install on each machine. The figures below include:

• The CAST Imaging installer ZIP file
• The CAST Imaging installer unzipped on disk
• Installed software (for Linux/Docker, this includes Docker images, containers and volumes)

Component	Size (Microsoft Windows)	Size (Linux/Docker)
imaging-services	approx. 3GB	approx. 2GB
imaging-viewer	approx. 4GB	approx. 3GB
analysis-node + Imaging Core	approx. 5GB	approx. 8.5 GB
dashboards	approx. 0.25GB	approx. 0.5 GB
CAST Storage Service/PostgreSQL	approx. 4GB	N/A (included in imaging-services)

Analysis and result storage disk space requirements

{{% alert color="info" %}}Specific disk space requirements for analysis and result storage depend on various factors related to the application(s) you are analyzing and these must be considered:

• Number of lines of code (LOC)
• Number of objects after analysis
• Number of violations after analysis
• Technologies used

Due to these different factors, it is difficult to make precise disk space recommendations, therefore what we provide in this page is indicative only. We provide these figures as a guide to the absolute minimum required. {{% /alert %}}

These recommendations are valid for both Microsoft Windows and Linux via Docker deployments.

{{% alert color="info" %}}See also:

• Hardware requirements
• Microsoft Windows analysis-node file storage locations
• Docker/Linux analysis-node file storage locations

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Single machine (standalone mode) deployment scenario

• 256GB minimum
• Multiple complex/large applications: 1TB minimum

Distributed (enterprise mode) deployment scenario

The following assumes that each component is installed on a dedicated machine where we recommend 256GB free disk space for the entire machine (see also Hardware requirements.) If you are analyzing complex/large applications or you are doubling up components on one machine (e.g. imaging-services + imaging-viewer), you may need find that 256GB is sufficient initially, but CAST recommends increasing the disk space where possible:

Component	Size
imaging-services	256GB (minimum)
imaging-viewer	256GB (minimum)
analysis-node	256GB (minimum) - see also Microsoft Windows analysis-node file storage locations or Docker/Linux analysis-node file storage locations.
CAST Storage Service/PostgreSQL	256GB (minimum)
Shared network storage (for multi node scenario) delivery/deploy/common-data	256GB (minimum) / 1TB (for multiple complex/large applications). SMB (Server Message Block) protocol supported only This requirement is specific to a multi-node deployment (distributed) scenario where all analysis-node components require read/write access to the same set of folders. You can read more information about this requirement in Microsoft Windows analysis-node file storage locations and Docker/Linux analysis-node file storage locations.