-Administrator\'s Handbook] is available online, and provides a
-comprehensive introduction to the Debian operating system (see
-xref:Hertzog13[]).
-
-A standard {pve} installation uses the default repositories from
-Debian, so you get bug fixes and security updates through that
-channel. In addition, we provide our own package repository to roll
-out all {pve} related packages. This includes updates to some
-Debian packages when necessary.
-
-We also deliver a specially optimized Linux kernel, where we enable all
-required virtualization and container features. That kernel includes
-drivers for http://zfsonlinux.org/[ZFS], and several hardware drivers.
-For example, we ship Intel network card drivers to support their
-newest hardware.
-
-The following sections will concentrate on virtualization related
-topics. They either explains things which are different on {pve}, or
-tasks which are commonly used on {pve}. For other topics, please refer
-to the standard Debian documentation.
-
-System requirements
--------------------
-
-For production servers, high quality server equipment is needed. Keep
-in mind, if you run 10 Virtual Servers on one machine and you then
-experience a hardware failure, 10 services are lost. {pve}
-supports clustering, this means that multiple {pve} installations
-can be centrally managed thanks to the included cluster functionality.
-
-{pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS and also distributed
-storage (Ceph RBD). For details see xref:chapter-storage[chapter storage].
-
-Minimum requirements, for evaluation
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-* CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64)
-
-* RAM: 1 GB RAM
-
-* Hard drive
-
-* One NIC
-
-Recommended system requirements
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-* CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Multi core CPU recommended
-
-* RAM: 8 GB is good, more is better
-
-* Hardware RAID with batteries protected write cache (BBU) or flash
- based protection
-
-* Fast hard drives, best results with 15k rpm SAS, Raid10
-
-* At least two NICĀ“s, depending on the used storage technology you need more