Disk Space and Memory Footprints

Table 2.8 lists the disk space that each SMS client component requires on each of the supported client platforms.


Table 2.8 SMS Client Disk Space Footprint



SMS client component

Windows NT clients (Intel)

Windows NT clients (Alpha)
Windows 95 and Windows 98 clientsWindows 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups clients
Infrastructure7.9 MB7.9 MB7.5 MB4.9 MB
Hardware inventory0.3 MB0.4 MB0.9 MB2.3 MB
Software inventory0.3 MB0.3 MB0.3 MB0.4 MB
Software distribution1.0 MB1.0 MB0.9 MB0.8 MB
Software metering1.7 MB1.9 MB1.8 MB0.5 MB
Remote Tools1.7 MB1.9 MB1.4 MB1.1 MB
SNMP0.2 MB0.2 MBNANA
ALL components13.1 MB13.6 MB12.8 MB10.0 MB

Table 2.9 lists the amount of RAM that each SMS client component requires on Windows NT clients.


Table 2.9 SMS Client Memory Footprint on Windows NT Computers


SMS client component
Working set (Intel)
Private (Intel)
Working set (Alpha)
Private (Alpha)
Infrastructure7.9 MB of RAM1.6 MB of RAM8.4 MB of RAM1.7 MB of RAM
Hardware inventory3.4 MB of RAM1.0 MB of RAM3.6 MB of RAM1.0 MB of RAM
Software inventory2.5 MB of RAM0.7 MB of RAM3.0 MB of RAM0.8 MB of RAM
Software distribution.15 MB of RAM1.2 MB of RAM.18 MB of RAM1.3 MB of RAM
Software metering2.4 MB of RAM0.7 MB of RAM2.5 MB of RAM0.8 MB of RAM
Remote Tools0.4 MB of RAM1.4 MB of RAM0.5 MB of RAM1.5 MB of RAM
ALL components16 MB of RAM6.6 MB of RAM18 MB of RAM7 MB of RAM