Hardware Requirements

Hardware specifications for deploying Text-to-Speech with Docker

Minimum Specifications

CPU

4 cores minimum

8+ cores recommended for production

RAM

16 GB minimum

32+ GB recommended for production

GPU

NVIDIA GPU required

• L40s or A10 (recommended)
• A10, A100, H100, T4, L4 (supported)
• Minimum 16GB VRAM

Storage

100 GB minimum

• 50 GB for models
• 50 GB for logs and data

Network Requirements

Ensure the following ports are available:

Port	Service	Purpose
7100	API Server	Client API requests
8876	Lightning TTS	TTS service endpoint
3369	License Proxy	Internal license validation
6379	Redis	Internal caching

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)