For production servers, high quality server equipment is needed. Keep in mind, if you run 10 Virtual Servers on one machine and you then experience a hardware failure, 10 services are lost. {pve} supports clustering, this means that multiple {pve} installations can be centrally managed thanks to the included cluster functionality.
{pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS and also distributed storage (Ceph RBD). For details see chapter storage.
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CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64)
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Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM Full Virtualization support
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RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests
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Hard drive
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One NIC
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Intel EMT64 or AMD64 with Intel VT/AMD-V CPU flag.
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Memory, minimum 2 GB for OS and Proxmox VE services. Plus designated memory for guests. For Ceph or ZFS additional memory is required, approximately 1 GB memory for every TB used storage.
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Fast and redundant storage, best results with SSD disks.
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OS storage: Hardware RAID with batteries protected write cache (``BBU'') or non-RAID with ZFS and SSD cache.
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VM storage: For local storage use a hardware RAID with battery backed write cache (BBU) or non-RAID for ZFS. Neither ZFS nor Ceph are compatible with a hardware RAID controller. Shared and distributed storage is also possible.
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Redundant Gbit NICs, additional NICs depending on the preferred storage technology and cluster setup – 10 Gbit and higher is also supported.
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For PCI passthrough a CPU with VT-d/AMD-d CPU flag is needed.
On an installed {pve} system, you can run the included pveperf
script
to obtain an overview of the CPU and hard disk performance.
Note
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this is just a very quick and general benchmark. More detailed tests are recommended, especially regarding the I/O performance of your system. |
To use the web interface you need a modern browser, this includes:
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Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Extended Support Release
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Chrome, a release from the current year
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Microsofts currently supported version of Edge
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Safari, a release from the current year
If {pve} detects you’re connecting from a mobile device, you will be redirected to a lightweight touch-based UI.