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1 | Frequently Asked Questions |
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| 4 | NOTE: New FAQs are appended to the bottom of this section. | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// | |
| 7 | ADD NEW FAQS TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS SECTION TO MAINTAIN NUMBERING | |
| 8 | ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// | |
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| 10 | [qanda] | |
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| 12 | What distribution is Proxmox VE based on?:: | |
| 13 | ||
| 14 | Proxmox VE is based on http://www.debian.org[Debian GNU/Linux] | |
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| 16 | Will Proxmox VE run on a 32bit processor?:: | |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | Proxmox VE works only on 64-bit CPU´s (AMD or Intel). There is no plan | |
| 19 | for 32-bit for the platform. | |
| 20 | + | |
| 21 | NOTE: VMs and Containers can be bothe 32-bit and/or 64-bit. | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | Does my CPU support virtualization?:: | |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | To check if your CPU is virtualization compatible, check for the "vmx" | |
| 26 | or "svm" tag in this command output: | |
| 27 | + | |
| 28 | ---- | |
| 29 | egrep '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo | |
| 30 | ---- | |
| 31 | ||
| 32 | Supported Intel CPUs:: | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | 64-bit processors with | |
| 35 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization_Technology#Intel_virtualization_.28VT-x.29[Intel | |
| 36 | Virtualization Technology (Intel VT-x)] support. (http://ark.intel.com/search/advanced/?s=t&VTX=true&InstructionSet=64-bit[List of processors with Intel VT and 64-bit]) | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | Supported AMD CPUs:: | |
| 39 | ||
| 40 | 64-bit processors with | |
| 41 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization_Technology#AMD_virtualization_.28AMD-V.29[AMD | |
| 42 | Virtualization Technology (AMD-V)] support. | |
| 43 | ||
| 44 | What is a container, CT, VE, Virtual Private Server, VPS?:: | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | Operating-system-level virtualization is a server-virtualization | |
| 47 | method where the kernel of an operating system allows for multiple | |
| 48 | isolated user-space instances, instead of just one. We call such | |
| 49 | instances containers. | |
| 50 | ||
| 51 | What is a KVM guest (KVM VM)?:: | |
| 52 | ||
| 53 | A KVM guest or KVM VM is a guest system running virtualized under | |
| 54 | Proxmox VE with KVM. | |
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