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1 | System Requirements |
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7 | We recommend to use high quality server hardware when running {pve} in |
8 | production. To further decrease the impact of a failed host you can run {pve} in | |
9 | a cluster with highly available (HA) virtual machines and containers. | |
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11 | {pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS, and distributed storage like Ceph |
12 | RBD. For details see xref:chapter_storage[chapter storage]. | |
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7df6cb98 | 14 | [[install_minimal_requirements]] |
e40349c6 | 15 | Minimum Requirements, for Evaluation |
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16 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
17 | ||
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18 | These minimum requirements are for evaluation purposes only and should not be |
19 | used in production. | |
20 | ||
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21 | * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64) |
22 | ||
426fbd5f | 23 | * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM full virtualization support |
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24 | |
25 | * RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests | |
26 | ||
27 | * Hard drive | |
28 | ||
29 | * One NIC | |
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7df6cb98 | 32 | [[install_recommended_requirements]] |
e40349c6 | 33 | Recommended System Requirements |
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58610ec9 | 36 | * Intel EMT64 or AMD64 with Intel VT/AMD-V CPU flag. |
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38 | * Memory, minimum 2 GB for the OS and {pve} services. Plus designated memory for |
39 | guests. For Ceph and ZFS additional memory is required; approximately 1GB of | |
40 | memory for every TB of used storage. | |
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426fbd5f | 42 | * Fast and redundant storage, best results are achieved with SSDs. |
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44 | * OS storage: Use a hardware RAID with battery protected write cache (``BBU'') |
45 | or non-RAID with ZFS (optional SSD for ZIL). | |
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47 | * VM storage: |
48 | ** For local storage use either a hardware RAID with battery backed write cache | |
49 | (BBU) or non-RAID for ZFS and Ceph. Neither ZFS nor Ceph are compatible with a | |
50 | hardware RAID controller. | |
51 | ** Shared and distributed storage is possible. | |
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53 | * Redundant (Multi-)Gbit NICs with additional NICs depending on the preferred |
54 | storage technology and cluster setup. | |
bc1c71d4 | 55 | |
426fbd5f | 56 | * For PCI(e) passthrough the CPU needs to support the VT-d/AMD-d flag. |
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e40349c6 | 59 | Simple Performance Overview |
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60 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
61 | ||
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62 | To get an overview of the CPU and hard disk performance on an installed {pve} |
63 | system, run the included `pveperf` tool. | |
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65 | NOTE: this is just a very quick and general benchmark. More detailed tests are |
66 | recommended, especially regarding the I/O performance of your system. | |
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e40349c6 | 68 | Supported Web Browsers for Accessing the Web Interface |
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71 | To access the web-based user interface one of the following browsers is |
72 | recommended: | |
73 | ||
74 | * Firefox, a release of the current year, or the latest Extended Support Release | |
75 | * Chrome, a release of the current year | |
76 | * Microsoft's currently supported version of Edge | |
77 | * Safari, a release of the current year | |
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79 | When used on a mobile device, {pve} will show a lightweight touch-based |
80 | interface. |