The software described in this documentation is either no longer supported or is in extended support.
Oracle recommends that you upgrade to a current supported release.
A Spacewalk server should have a minimum of 8 GB of memory. If the Spacewalk server also runs the database that stores the Spacewalk repository, this memory requirement is in addition to what is required to run the database.
To preserve errata mapping, Spacewalk maintains all available versions of all available packages in each software channel that you configure. As a result, the storage requirements for a Spacewalk server can be significant, depending on the number of major versions and architectures that you chose to support. Typically, the Oracle Linux binary repositories require approximately 50 GB for each combination of Oracle Linux release and architecture. An extra 40 GB is required for source packages and 80 GB for Ksplice updates for each combination of Oracle Linux release and architecture.
Packages are never removed from Oracle Linux repositories, so the space required for each repository only ever increases. You should actively monitor the available disk space on the Spacewalk server.
A Spacewalk server stores the packages that it hosts under the
/var/satellite/redhat directory hierarchy.
You should plan how best to configure the
/var file system before you install
Spacewalk. For example, if you set up /var as
an ext4 file system on an LVM logical volume,
you can expand the storage when required.