This document describes the minimum configuration requirements when installing the MongoDB database server on a Microsoft Windows server.
| Category | Configuration requirements |
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| Operating system | - Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 x64 Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016.
- Microsoft Windows Server 2019.
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| Server | - Industry-standard server or virtual machine.
- Processors:
- Recommended: Intel® Xeon® E5 v3 or later, E7 v3 or later
- AMD OPTERON™ or EPYC™
- With at least one dedicated processor, or more required to sustain up to 50 concurrent users in a mono-tier architecture.
- Avoid low energy processors, best performance with a clock speed above 2.4 GHz
- 1 additional core recommended for every 40 sessions.
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| RAM | - 2 GB for the OS + 2 to 6 GB per database instance (average) + 60 MB per connected user.
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| Disk space | - 4 GB. You must add the space necessary for your own database file.
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| User accounts | - Installing MongoDB requires a user account with administrator rights. This account can also be used for the software.
- It is strongly recommended to choose a domain user. This user has to be able to:
- Access and modify the MongoDB folder.
- Open a session as a service.
It is recommended to use a domain user account belonging to the local administrators group. - For the actual software users, it is recommended to define a user group and assign the access to the different software folders after installing the software components.
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| Others | - A Java Development Kit (JDK) version 8 must be installed.
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