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