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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.
14 {pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS and also distributed
15 storage (Ceph RBD). For details see xref:chapter_storage[chapter storage].
18 Minimum Requirements, for Evaluation
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21 * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64)
23 * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support
25 * RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests
32 Recommended System Requirements
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35 * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Multi core CPU recommended
37 * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support
39 * RAM: 8 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests
41 * Hardware RAID with batteries protected write cache (``BBU'') or flash
44 * Fast hard drives, best results with 15k rpm SAS, Raid10
46 * At least two NICs, depending on the used storage technology you need more
49 Simple Performance Overview
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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.
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.
58 Supported web browsers for accessing the web interface
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60 To use the web interface you need a modern browser, this includes:
62 * Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Extended
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
70 If {pve} detects you're connecting from a mobile device, you will be
71 redirected to a lightweight touch-based UI.