2.2. Hardware Requirements

The following hardware configuration is required for the RHN Proxy Server:

Keep in mind, the frequency in which client systems connect to the Proxy is directly related to load on the Apache HTTP Server. If you do reduce the default interval of four hours (or 240 minutes), as set in the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhnsd configuration file of the client systems, you will increase the load on this component significantly.