pve-faq.adoc

   1 Frequently Asked Questions
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  12 What distribution is Proxmox VE based on?::
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  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?::
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  18 Proxmox VE works only on 64-bit CPU´s (AMD or Intel). There is no plan
  19 for 32-bit for the platform.
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  21 NOTE: VMs and Containers can be bothe 32-bit and/or 64-bit.
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  23 Does my CPU support virtualization?::
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  25 To check if your CPU is virtualization compatible, check for the "vmx"
  26 or "svm" tag in this command output:
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  29 egrep '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
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  32 Supported Intel CPUs::
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  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])
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  38 Supported AMD CPUs::
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  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.
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  44 What is a container, CT, VE, Virtual Private Server, VPS?::
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  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.
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  51 What is a KVM guest (KVM VM)?::
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  53 A KVM guest or KVM VM is a guest system running virtualized under
  54 Proxmox VE with KVM.
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