pve-system-requirements.adoc

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