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-We recommend to use high quality server hardware when running {pve} in
-production. To further decrease the impact of a failed host you can run {pve} in
+We recommend using high quality server hardware, when running {pve} in
+production. To further decrease the impact of a failed host, you can run {pve} in
a cluster with highly available (HA) virtual machines and containers.
{pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS, and distributed storage like Ceph
* Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM full virtualization support
-* RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests
+* RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM needed for guests
* Hard drive
-* One NIC
+* One network card (NIC)
[[install_recommended_requirements]]
* 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: 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.
or non-RAID with ZFS (optional SSD for ZIL).
* VM storage:
-** For local storage use either a hardware RAID with battery backed write cache
+** 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
+* 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.
To get an overview of the CPU and hard disk performance on an installed {pve}
system, run the included `pveperf` tool.
-NOTE: this is just a very quick and general benchmark. More detailed tests are
+NOTE: This is just a very quick and general benchmark. More detailed tests are
recommended, especially regarding the I/O performance of your system.
Supported Web Browsers for Accessing the Web Interface
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-To access the web-based user interface one of the following browsers is
-recommended:
+To access the web-based user interface, we recommend using one of the following
+browsers:
-* Firefox, a release of the current year, or the latest Extended Support Release
-* Chrome, a release of the current year
+* Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Extended Support Release
+* Chrome, a release from the current year
* Microsoft's currently supported version of Edge
-* Safari, a release of the current year
+* Safari, a release from the current year
-When used on a mobile device, {pve} will show a lightweight touch-based
+When accessed from a mobile device, {pve} will show a lightweight, touch-based
interface.