Will My Mac Mini be Compatible and be Ok to upgrade to Yosemite

I want to upgrade to Yosemite, but before I do I want make sure that My Mac Mini is Compatible.
I have the Mac Mini from Mid 2011 but I bought it in 7/13/2012, I had gotten a New HD Last Year.  My Mac Mini is Intel Core i7 with a Thunder Bolt Bus, A  2.7 GhZ Memory 8 GB 1333 MHZ DDR 3. HD 6630M 256 MB.
Is there anything else that you might need from me to know if my Computer will be Compatible to upgrade to Yosemite?
How much Ram or Space does Yosemite need to be good for an upgrade?
I tried to look or read in the softwear upgrade on how much you need in Ram or Memory space to upgrade to Yosemite or what computers are Compatible to Yosemite? but it Doesn't say? so I would like to know if my Computer will be Compatible for Yosemite?
Thank You,
Trisha Foster

I understand, that After upgrading to Yosemite I can update to iPhoto 9.6, but what about Garage Band, iMovie, and iWeb?
Will I be able to update to the other 3 software program for free or do I have to Pay the full price for each Software individually?
Note: I have iLife '11, do I need that whole Software program for the updates? or to get the Free Update for each software program?
After Upgrading to Yosemite will the iMovie, Garage Band, and iWeb show up in the update part of the app store?

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