pve-system-requirements.adoc

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