pve-system-requirements.adoc

   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
  48
  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
  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.