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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.
15 {pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS and also distributed
16 storage (Ceph RBD). For details see xref:chapter-storage[chapter storage].
19 Minimum Requirements, for Evaluation
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22 * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64)
24 * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support
26 * RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests
33 Recommended System Requirements
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36 * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Multi core CPU recommended
38 * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support
40 * RAM: 8 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests
42 * Hardware RAID with batteries protected write cache (``BBU'') or flash
45 * Fast hard drives, best results with 15k rpm SAS, Raid10
47 * At least two NICs, depending on the used storage technology you need more
50 Simple Performance Overview
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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.
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.
59 Supported web browsers for accessing the web interface
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61 To use the web interface you need a modern browser, this includes:
63 * Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Extended
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
71 If {pve} detects you're connecting from a mobile device, you will be
72 redirected to a lightweight touch-based UI.