# Requirements

We recommend the following specifications for running MedCo:

* **Network Bandwidth**: >100 Mbps (ideal), >10 Mbps (minimum), symmetrical
* **Ports Opening and IP Restrictions**: see [Network Architecture](https://ldsec.gitbook.io/medco-documentation/v1.0.0/system-administrators/network-architecture)
* **Hardware**
  * **CPU**: 8 cores (ideal), 4 cores (minimum)
  * **RAM**: >16 GB (ideal), >8GB (minimum)
  * **Storage**: dependent on data loaded, >100GB
* **Software**
  * OS: Any flavor of Linux, physical or virtualized (tested with Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, Fedora 29)
  * OpenSSL
  * [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/install/) version >= 18.09.1
  * [Docker-Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/) version >= 1.23.2