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1 | System Requirements |
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| 3 | include::attributes.txt[] | |
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| 5 | For production servers, high quality server equipment is needed. Keep | |
| 6 | in mind, if you run 10 Virtual Servers on one machine and you then | |
| 7 | experience a hardware failure, 10 services are lost. {pve} | |
| 8 | supports clustering, this means that multiple {pve} installations | |
| 9 | can be centrally managed thanks to the included cluster functionality. | |
| 10 | ||
| 11 | {pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS and also distributed | |
| 12 | storage (Ceph RBD). For details see xref:chapter-storage[chapter storage]. | |
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| 14 | ||
| 15 | Minimum Requirements, for Evaluation | |
| 16 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64) | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | * RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | * Hard drive | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | * One NIC | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | ||
| 29 | Recommended System Requirements | |
| 30 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| 31 | ||
| 32 | * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Multi core CPU recommended | |
| 33 | ||
| 34 | * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | * RAM: 8 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | * Hardware RAID with batteries protected write cache (``BBU'') or flash | |
| 39 | based protection | |
| 40 | ||
| 41 | * Fast hard drives, best results with 15k rpm SAS, Raid10 | |
| 42 | ||
| 43 | * At least two NICs, depending on the used storage technology you need more | |
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| 46 | Simple Performance Overview | |
| 47 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| 48 | ||
| 49 | On an installed {pve} system, you can run the included `pveperf` script | |
| 50 | to obtain an overview of the CPU and hard disk performance. | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | NOTE: this is just a very quick and general benchmark. More detailed tests | |
| 53 | are recommended, especially regarding the I/O performance of your system. | |
| 54 | ||
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55 | Supported web browsers for accessing the web interface |
| 56 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
| 57 | To use the web interface you need a modern browser, this includes: | |
| 58 | ||
| 59 | * Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Extended | |
| 60 | Support Release | |
| 61 | * Chrome, a release from the current year | |
| 62 | * the Microsoft currently supported versions of Internet Explorer (as | |
| 63 | of 2016, this means IE 11 or IE Edge) | |
| 64 | * the Apple currently supported versions of Safari (as of 2016, this | |
| 65 | means Safari 9) | |
| 66 | ||
| 67 | If {pve} detects you're connecting from a mobile device, you will be | |
| 68 | redirected to a lightweight touch-based UI. |