Technical requirements
You should be using the same device that you completed Chapter 3 with. However, the demands for Elasticsearch are more stringent. You can work with less RAM than stated here, but it will be sluggish. Here are the requirements:
- Minimum requirements: A computing device with either the amd64 (x86_64/64-bit) or i386 (x86/32-bit) architecture. It should contain at least 8 GB of RAM and an additional 10 GB of disk space. Note that these minimum requirements are known to cause significant performance issues, so you should aim to meet or exceed the recommended requirements for a stress-free experience.
- Recommended requirements: Based on feedback from cybersecurity field practitioners, aim for the amd64 (x86_64/64-bit) architecture with 16 GB of RAM – more is better – and up to 64 GB of additional disk space.