https://community.sophos.com/sophos-central/f/discussions/147985/mdr-applianceWe have an MDR virtual appliance deployed. We are looking at installing physical MDR &quot;mini-servers&quot; at other sites. We haven&#39;t been able to find any information related to this. Is this an option? Any related advice or best practices for deploying theseen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.sophos.com/thread/548849?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:57:13 GMT4be5eb7d-caa4-4ff5-8e60-8f9463545a35:ca52cc7b-50e9-411d-bd09-aaf9c3eb7d0cGlennSen<p>Thank you for reaching out to the community forum.&nbsp;<br /><br />When you mentioned MDR Virtual Appliance, can you confirm whether this is MDR or NDR?&nbsp;<br />Are you trying to install Sophos MDR product and not NRD Sensor?&nbsp;<br /><br />For MDR, as long as your Mini Server meets the&nbsp;<a href="https://support.sophos.com/support/s/article/KBA-000003024?language=en_US">recommended requirements</a>, you can install it normally by <a href="https://docs.sophos.com/central/mdr/help/en-us/startupGuide/InstallMDRWindows/index.html">following the steps here</a>.<br /><br />If it&#39;s NDR, you can run the appliance on VMware ESxi or Microsoft Hyper-V. We<span data-teams="true">&nbsp;don&#39;t support physical servers for this product. You may refer to this<a href="https://docs.sophos.com/central/customer/help/en-us/ManageYourProducts/ThreatAnalysisCenter/Integrations/Sophos/NDRHardware/NDRonNUC/index.html"> Documentation</a>.&nbsp;</span></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>