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title: "Prerequisites"
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### 🔹 Permissions & Ports

- Administrative privileges to **create databases and users**
- **Port 8080** must be open and available on your system

### 🔹 Files & Installation Package

- The **Backup & Recovery (BandR) ****QA**** zip file** should be downloaded and accessible on the machine where installation will occur

### 🔹 Recommended System Specifications

- **Minimum 4 GB RAM**
- **Minimum 2-core CPU**
  Multi-threading is influenced by the number of cores. A 2-core CPU supports two threads running concurrently; however, the system can schedule and manage additional tasks beyond that.