pve-system-requirements.adoc

   1 System Requirements
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   3 include::attributes.txt[]
   4
   5 For production servers, high quality server equipment is needed. Keep
   6 in mind, if you run 10 Virtual Servers on one machine and you then
   7 experience a hardware failure, 10 services are lost. {pve}
   8 supports clustering, this means that multiple {pve} installations
   9 can be centrally managed thanks to the included cluster functionality.
  10
  11 {pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS and also distributed
  12 storage (Ceph RBD). For details see xref:chapter-storage[chapter storage].
  13
  14
  15 Minimum Requirements, for Evaluation
  16 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  17
  18 * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64)
  19
  20 * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support
  21
  22 * RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests
  23
  24 * Hard drive
  25
  26 * One NIC
  27
  28
  29 Recommended System Requirements
  30 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  31
  32 * CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), Multi core CPU recommended
  33
  34 * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support
  35
  36 * RAM: 8 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests
  37
  38 * Hardware RAID with batteries protected write cache (``BBU'') or flash
  39  based protection
  40
  41 * Fast hard drives, best results with 15k rpm SAS, Raid10
  42
  43 * At least two NICs, depending on the used storage technology you need more
  44
  45 Supported web browsers for accessing the web interface
  46 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  47 To use the web interface you need a modern browser, this includes:
  48
  49 * Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Extended
  50 Support Release
  51 * Chrome, a release from the current year
  52 * the Microsoft currently supported versions of Internet Explorer (as
  53 of 2016, this means IE 11 or IE Edge)
  54 * the Apple currently supported versions of Safari (as of 2016, this
  55 means Safari 9)
  56
  57 If {pve} detects you're connecting from a mobile device, you will be
  58 redirected to a lightweight touch-based UI.