4.1 Installing and Configuring the PostgreSQL Database on a Linux Server

Any major 64-bit Linux distribution supported by PostgreSQL.

PostgreSQL itself is supported on many host systems including UNIX, Linux and Windows variants. However, support in troubleshooting PostgreSQL itself is limited to the following major Linux distributions:

These major Linux distributions include PostgreSQL in their repositories.

For PostgreSQL installations on other hosts, support is limited to the data and schema in the database itself, not performance tuning or configuration.

Due to performance limitations, installing PostgreSQL on Windows is discouraged, especially for large deployments.

Minimum of 16 GB of RAM

Depending on size and frequency of your scans, this amount might need to be significantly increased.

Minimum of 100 GB of disk space

Depending on the size and frequency of your scans, this amount might need to be significantly increased.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/creating-cluster.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime.html

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config.html