> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Hardware Requirements

> Hardware specifications for deploying Speech-to-Text with Docker

## Minimum Specifications

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="CPU" icon="microchip">
    **4 cores** minimum

    8+ cores recommended for production
  </Card>

  <Card title="RAM" icon="memory">
    **16 GB** minimum

    32+ GB recommended for production
  </Card>

  <Card title="GPU" icon="server">
    **NVIDIA GPU required**

    * L4 or L40s (recommended)
    * A10, A100, H100, T4 (supported)
    * Minimum 16GB VRAM
  </Card>

  <Card title="Storage" icon="hard-drive">
    **100 GB** minimum

    * 50 GB for models
    * 50 GB for logs and data
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Network Requirements

Ensure the following ports are available:

| Port | Service       | Purpose                     |
| ---- | ------------- | --------------------------- |
| 7100 | API Server    | Client API requests         |
| 2233 | Lightning ASR | Internal ASR processing     |
| 6699 | License Proxy | Internal license validation |
| 6379 | Redis         | Internal caching            |

<Warning>
  The License Proxy requires outbound HTTPS access to Smallest's license servers for validation. Ensure your firewall allows outbound connections to:

  * `api.smallest.ai` (port 443)
</Warning>