Why pay for Zimbra.... get open source edition and have it up... and customize.. zimbra also is not that resource hungry... depends on your deployment and features you want.... which you can define as class of service. hence having optimized.
below are server requirement if you need zimbra with full email and collaboration features.
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Minimum - 32-bit OS with Intel/AMD 2.0 GHZ+ CPU
Recommended - 64-bit OS |
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Minimum - 2 GB RAM
Recommend minimum - 4 GB RAM |
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10 GB free disk space for software and logs (SATA or SCSI for performance, and RAID/Mirroring for redundancy)
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Firewall Configuration should be set to “No firewall”, and the Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) should be disabled
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RAID-5 is not recommended for installations with more than 100 accounts. |