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1Host System Administration
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5{pve} is based on the famous https://www.debian.org/[Debian] Linux
6distribution. That means that you have access to the whole world of
7Debian packages, and the base system is well documented. The
8https://debian-handbook.info/download/stable/debian-handbook.pdf[Debian
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10comprehensive introduction to the Debian operating system (see
11xref:Hertzog13[]).
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13A standard {pve} installation uses the default repositories from
14Debian, so you get bug fixes and security updates through that
15channel. In addition, we provide our own package repository to roll
16out all {pve} related packages. This includes updates to some
17Debian packages when necessary.
18
19We also deliver a specially optimized Linux kernel, where we enable all
20required virtualization and container features. That kernel includes
21drivers for http://zfsonlinux.org/[ZFS], and several hardware drivers.
22For example, we ship Intel network card drivers to support their
23newest hardware.
24
25The following sections will concentrate on virtualization related
26topics. They either explains things which are different on {pve}, or
27tasks which are commonly used on {pve}. For other topics, please refer
28to the standard Debian documentation.
29
30System requirements
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32
33For production servers, high quality server equipment is needed. Keep
34in mind, if you run 10 Virtual Servers on one machine and you then
35experience a hardware failure, 10 services are lost. {pve}
36supports clustering, this means that multiple {pve} installations
37can be centrally managed thanks to the included cluster functionality.
38
39{pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS and also distributed
40storage (Ceph RBD). For details see xref:chapter-storage[chapter storage].
41
42Minimum requirements, for evaluation
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44
45* CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64)
46
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47* Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support
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49* RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests
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51* Hard drive
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53* One NIC
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55Recommended system requirements
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58* CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Multi core CPU recommended
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60* Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support
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62* RAM: 8 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests
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8c1189b6 64* Hardware RAID with batteries protected write cache (``BBU'') or flash
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65 based protection
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67* Fast hard drives, best results with 15k rpm SAS, Raid10
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71ifdef::wiki[]
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73See Also
74--------
75
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76* link:/wiki/Package_Repositories[Package Repositories]
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78* link:/wiki/Network_Configuration[Network Configuration]
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80* link:/wiki/System_Software_Updates[System Software Updates]
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82* link:/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_(LVM)[Logical Volume Manager (LVM)]
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84* link:/wiki/ZFS_on_Linux[ZFS on Linux]
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86endif::wiki[]
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89ifndef::wiki[]
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101endif::wiki[]
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104////
105TODO:
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107Working with 'systemd'
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109
110Journal and syslog
111~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
112
113TODO: explain persistent journal...
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