# Deployment

> T1000 virtual appliance deployment including OVA/AMI setup and hardware requirements for R1, XG and AV models.

## Appliance Deployment

The T1000 virtual machine is provided as an OVA file or AMI file.

When provided as an OVA file, it is stored on a USB HDD disk provided by
ReversingLabs. A file containing the MD5 hash,
e.g., `ReversingLabs-T1000-R1-YYYY-MM-DD.ova-md5` of the .OVA file is present
in the root folder of the USB HDD.

The method of deployment is standard for the underlying infrastructure.
Follow one of these two resources for deployment:
- [VMware vSphere](https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/7-0/vsphere-virtual-machine-administration-guide-7-0/deploying-ovf-templatesvm-admin/deploy-an-ovf-template-flex-and-h5vm-admin.html)
- [AWS AMI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/imagebuilder/latest/userguide/ib-tutorials.html)

## Minimum VM requirements for T1000 Virtual Appliance

Shared requirements:
- Virtual environment compatible with VMWare vSphere Hypervisor 5.5 (ESXi 5.5,
  Virtual machine hardware version 10)
- 64 GB RAM
- 16 CPU
- All disks must be SSD

Specific requirements:

- T1000 XG: 18 TB free disk space (thin provisioning) with room to grow to 24 TB
            for the next 12 months (24 TB thick provisioning)
- T1000 R1: 16 TB free disk space
- T1000 AV: 20 TB free disk space
