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1 | System Requirements |
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8 | For production servers, high quality server equipment is needed. Keep |
9 | in mind, if you run 10 Virtual Servers on one machine and you then | |
10 | experience a hardware failure, 10 services are lost. {pve} | |
11 | supports clustering, this means that multiple {pve} installations | |
12 | can be centrally managed thanks to the included cluster functionality. | |
13 | ||
14 | {pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS and also distributed | |
15 | storage (Ceph RBD). For details see xref:chapter-storage[chapter storage]. | |
16 | ||
17 | ||
18 | Minimum Requirements, for Evaluation | |
19 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
20 | ||
21 | * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64) | |
22 | ||
23 | * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support | |
24 | ||
25 | * RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests | |
26 | ||
27 | * Hard drive | |
28 | ||
29 | * One NIC | |
30 | ||
31 | ||
32 | Recommended System Requirements | |
33 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
34 | ||
35 | * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Multi core CPU recommended | |
36 | ||
37 | * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support | |
38 | ||
39 | * RAM: 8 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests | |
40 | ||
41 | * Hardware RAID with batteries protected write cache (``BBU'') or flash | |
42 | based protection | |
43 | ||
44 | * Fast hard drives, best results with 15k rpm SAS, Raid10 | |
45 | ||
46 | * At least two NICs, depending on the used storage technology you need more | |
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48 | |
49 | Simple Performance Overview | |
50 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
51 | ||
52 | On an installed {pve} system, you can run the included `pveperf` script | |
53 | to obtain an overview of the CPU and hard disk performance. | |
54 | ||
55 | NOTE: this is just a very quick and general benchmark. More detailed tests | |
56 | are recommended, especially regarding the I/O performance of your system. | |
57 | ||
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58 | Supported web browsers for accessing the web interface |
59 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
60 | To use the web interface you need a modern browser, this includes: | |
61 | ||
62 | * Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Extended | |
63 | Support Release | |
64 | * Chrome, a release from the current year | |
65 | * the Microsoft currently supported versions of Internet Explorer (as | |
66 | of 2016, this means IE 11 or IE Edge) | |
67 | * the Apple currently supported versions of Safari (as of 2016, this | |
68 | means Safari 9) | |
69 | ||
70 | If {pve} detects you're connecting from a mobile device, you will be | |
71 | redirected to a lightweight touch-based UI. |