+* Intel EMT64 or AMD64 with Intel VT/AMD-V CPU flag.
+
+* Memory: Minimum 2 GB for the OS and {pve} services, plus designated memory for
+ guests. For Ceph and ZFS, additional memory is required; approximately 1GB of
+ memory for every TB of used storage.
+
+* Fast and redundant storage, best results are achieved with SSDs.
+
+* OS storage: Use a hardware RAID with battery protected write cache (``BBU'')
+ or non-RAID with ZFS (optional SSD for ZIL).
+
+* VM storage:
+** For local storage, use either a hardware RAID with battery backed write cache
+ (BBU) or non-RAID for ZFS and Ceph. Neither ZFS nor Ceph are compatible with a
+ hardware RAID controller.
+** Shared and distributed storage is possible.
+
+* Redundant (Multi-)Gbit NICs, with additional NICs depending on the preferred
+ storage technology and cluster setup.
+
+* For PCI(e) passthrough the CPU needs to support the VT-d/AMD-d flag.
+
+
+Simple Performance Overview
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To get an overview of the CPU and hard disk performance on an installed {pve}
+system, run the included `pveperf` tool.