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1 | System Requirements |
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9 | For production servers, high quality server equipment is needed. Keep |
10 | in mind, if you run 10 Virtual Servers on one machine and you then | |
11 | experience a hardware failure, 10 services are lost. {pve} | |
12 | supports clustering, this means that multiple {pve} installations | |
13 | can be centrally managed thanks to the included cluster functionality. | |
14 | ||
15 | {pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS and also distributed | |
16 | storage (Ceph RBD). For details see xref:chapter-storage[chapter storage]. | |
17 | ||
18 | ||
19 | Minimum Requirements, for Evaluation | |
20 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
21 | ||
22 | * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64) | |
23 | ||
24 | * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support | |
25 | ||
26 | * RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests | |
27 | ||
28 | * Hard drive | |
29 | ||
30 | * One NIC | |
31 | ||
32 | ||
33 | Recommended System Requirements | |
34 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
35 | ||
36 | * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Multi core CPU recommended | |
37 | ||
38 | * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support | |
39 | ||
40 | * RAM: 8 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests | |
41 | ||
42 | * Hardware RAID with batteries protected write cache (``BBU'') or flash | |
43 | based protection | |
44 | ||
45 | * Fast hard drives, best results with 15k rpm SAS, Raid10 | |
46 | ||
47 | * At least two NICs, depending on the used storage technology you need more | |
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49 | |
50 | Simple Performance Overview | |
51 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
52 | ||
53 | On an installed {pve} system, you can run the included `pveperf` script | |
54 | to obtain an overview of the CPU and hard disk performance. | |
55 | ||
56 | NOTE: this is just a very quick and general benchmark. More detailed tests | |
57 | are recommended, especially regarding the I/O performance of your system. | |
58 | ||
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59 | Supported web browsers for accessing the web interface |
60 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | |
61 | To use the web interface you need a modern browser, this includes: | |
62 | ||
63 | * Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Extended | |
64 | Support Release | |
65 | * Chrome, a release from the current year | |
66 | * the Microsoft currently supported versions of Internet Explorer (as | |
67 | of 2016, this means IE 11 or IE Edge) | |
68 | * the Apple currently supported versions of Safari (as of 2016, this | |
69 | means Safari 9) | |
70 | ||
71 | If {pve} detects you're connecting from a mobile device, you will be | |
72 | redirected to a lightweight touch-based UI. |