System requirements for the Recording Connector module

Below is the standard system configuration for deploying a Zoom Node management server with the Recording Connector module services. While the default configuration allows for up to 10 meetings recorded simultaneously, the CPU, memory, and secondary storage requirements can be increased to allow up to 30 meetings recorded simultaneously. 

This article covers:

• Default Zoom Node configuration for the Recording Connector module
• Configurations based on recording capacity for the Recording Connector module

Default Zoom Node configuration for the Recording Connector module

Below are the minimum required specifications when configuring a virtual machine for the Zoom Node management server that will have the Recording Connector module. These requirements allow for the following:

• 10 simultaneous recordings
• 1 recording transcoded at a time
• 1 module per Zoom Node

Configuration item	System Requirement
VM Platform	VMware ESXi 6.7 or higher
Processor cores per VM host	Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v4 or higher
Dedicated threads per VM host	8 cores or higher
Memory per VM host	16 GB or higher
Storage space per VM host	Primary storage: 80 GB or higher
Additional storage	Secondary volume: 200 GB External storage (NFS): 500 GB*
Network Interface Card (NIC) speed	10 Gbps or higher**
Reserved IPv4 addresses	2 internal IPv4 addresses
Additional network requirements	DNS resolution for external addresses Firewall allows the required destinations and ports

*Note: External storage can be shared between multiple RC modules. 

**Note: This applies to both virtual and physical NIC. 

Configurations based on recording capacity for the Recording Connector module

	Configuration Option 1	Configuration Option 2	Configuration Option 3
Hardware Specs	8 CPU 16 GB RAM 100 GB HDD	16 CPU 32 GB RAM 100 GB HDD	24 CPU 84 GB RAM 100 GB HDD
Recommend Secondary Volume	200 GB	350 GB	500 GB
Max number of simultaneous recordings	10 recordings	20 recordings	30 recordings

If you require a different configuration, please open a ticket with Support.