X-Git-Url: https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-docs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=pve-installation.adoc;h=7414359a91045276a338066d86ca077f461e5034;hp=a3090615e17a33c407dc6b8bcec33832f1847a8f;hb=fa281da6cba7182480784a657f6830b39c72a954;hpb=115aef16f8bedba9ea2016815e427d442b5ccb55 diff --git a/pve-installation.adoc b/pve-installation.adoc index a309061..7414359 100644 --- a/pve-installation.adoc +++ b/pve-installation.adoc @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ Installing Proxmox VE ===================== -include::attributes.txt[] ifndef::manvolnum[] :pve-toplevel: endif::manvolnum[] @@ -33,10 +32,16 @@ Using the {pve} Installation CD-ROM Includes the following: * Complete operating system (Debian Linux, 64-bit) -* Partition the hard drive with ext4 (alternative ext3 or xfs) or ZFS -* {pve} Kernel with LXC and KVM support -* Complete toolset -* Web based management interface + +* Partitioning of the hard drive(s) containing the operating system + with ext4, ext3, xfs or ZFS + +* {pve} kernel with LXC and KVM support + +* Complete toolset for administering virtual machines, containers and + all necessary resources + +* Web based management interface for using the toolset NOTE: By default, the complete server is used and all existing data is @@ -119,22 +124,29 @@ and VG on the same hard disk that can be used for LVM storage). `swapsize`:: -To define the size of the `swap` volume. Default is the same size as -installed RAM, with 4GB minimum and `hdsize/8` as maximum. +Defines the size of the `swap` volume. The default is the size of the +installed memory, minimum 4 GB and maximum 8 GB. The resulting value cannot +be greater than `hdsize/8`. `maxroot`:: -The `root` volume size. The `root` volume stores the whole operation -system. +Defines the maximum size of the `root` volume, which stores the operation +system. The maximum limit of the `root` volume size is `hdsize/4`. `maxvz`:: -Define the size of the `data` volume. +Defines the maximum size of the `data` volume. The actual size of the `data` +volume is: ++ +`datasize = hdsize - rootsize - swapsize - minfree` ++ +Where `datasize` cannot be bigger than `maxvz`. `minfree`:: -To define the amount of free space left in LVM volume group `pve`. -16GB is the default if storage available > 128GB, `hdsize/8` otherwise. +Defines the amount of free space left in LVM volume group `pve`. +With more than 128GB storage available the default is 16GB, else `hdsize/8` +will be used. + NOTE: LVM requires free space in the VG for snapshot creation (not required for lvmthin snapshots).