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1 | System Requirements |
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3 | include::attributes.txt[] | |
4 | ||
5 | For production servers, high quality server equipment is needed. Keep | |
6 | in mind, if you run 10 Virtual Servers on one machine and you then | |
7 | experience a hardware failure, 10 services are lost. {pve} | |
8 | supports clustering, this means that multiple {pve} installations | |
9 | can be centrally managed thanks to the included cluster functionality. | |
10 | ||
11 | {pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS and also distributed | |
12 | storage (Ceph RBD). For details see xref:chapter-storage[chapter storage]. | |
13 | ||
14 | ||
15 | Minimum Requirements, for Evaluation | |
16 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
17 | ||
18 | * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64) | |
19 | ||
20 | * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support | |
21 | ||
22 | * RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests | |
23 | ||
24 | * Hard drive | |
25 | ||
26 | * One NIC | |
27 | ||
28 | ||
29 | Recommended System Requirements | |
30 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
31 | ||
32 | * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Multi core CPU recommended | |
33 | ||
34 | * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support | |
35 | ||
36 | * RAM: 8 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests | |
37 | ||
38 | * Hardware RAID with batteries protected write cache (``BBU'') or flash | |
39 | based protection | |
40 | ||
41 | * Fast hard drives, best results with 15k rpm SAS, Raid10 | |
42 | ||
43 | * At least two NICs, depending on the used storage technology you need more | |
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45 | |
46 | Simple Performance Overview | |
47 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
48 | ||
49 | On an installed {pve} system, you can run the included `pveperf` script | |
50 | to obtain an overview of the CPU and hard disk performance. | |
51 | ||
52 | NOTE: this is just a very quick and general benchmark. More detailed tests | |
53 | are recommended, especially regarding the I/O performance of your system. | |
54 | ||
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55 | Supported web browsers for accessing the web interface |
56 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
57 | To use the web interface you need a modern browser, this includes: | |
58 | ||
59 | * Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Extended | |
60 | Support Release | |
61 | * Chrome, a release from the current year | |
62 | * the Microsoft currently supported versions of Internet Explorer (as | |
63 | of 2016, this means IE 11 or IE Edge) | |
64 | * the Apple currently supported versions of Safari (as of 2016, this | |
65 | means Safari 9) | |
66 | ||
67 | If {pve} detects you're connecting from a mobile device, you will be | |
68 | redirected to a lightweight touch-based UI. |