From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B7D16022F for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 10:48:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 08D592C6F6 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 10:48:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (proxmox-new.maurer-it.com [212.186.127.180]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id 4D86E2C6EE for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 10:48:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: from proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by proxmox-new.maurer-it.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 1114045C0B for ; Wed, 7 Oct 2020 10:48:22 +0200 (CEST) From: Dylan Whyte To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 10:48:13 +0200 Message-Id: <20201007084813.1267-1-d.whyte@proxmox.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.024 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED -2.3 Sender listed at https://www.dnswl.org/, medium trust SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH pve-docs] system requirements: minor language fixup X-BeenThere: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE development discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2020 08:48:23 -0000 Signed-off-by: Dylan Whyte --- pve-system-requirements.adoc | 28 ++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/pve-system-requirements.adoc b/pve-system-requirements.adoc index dc4cc30..bb474ac 100644 --- a/pve-system-requirements.adoc +++ b/pve-system-requirements.adoc @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ ifdef::wiki[] :pve-toplevel: endif::wiki[] -We recommend to use high quality server hardware when running {pve} in -production. To further decrease the impact of a failed host you can run {pve} in +We recommend using high quality server hardware, when running {pve} in +production. To further decrease the impact of a failed host, you can run {pve} in a cluster with highly available (HA) virtual machines and containers. {pve} can use local storage (DAS), SAN, NAS, and distributed storage like Ceph @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ used in production. * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM full virtualization support -* RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM used for guests +* RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM needed for guests * Hard drive -* One NIC +* One network card (NIC) [[install_recommended_requirements]] @@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Recommended System Requirements * Intel EMT64 or AMD64 with Intel VT/AMD-V CPU flag. -* Memory, minimum 2 GB for the OS and {pve} services. Plus designated memory for - guests. For Ceph and ZFS additional memory is required; approximately 1GB of +* Memory: Minimum 2 GB for the OS and {pve} services, plus designated memory for + guests. For Ceph and ZFS, additional memory is required; approximately 1GB of memory for every TB of used storage. * Fast and redundant storage, best results are achieved with SSDs. @@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ Recommended System Requirements or non-RAID with ZFS (optional SSD for ZIL). * VM storage: -** For local storage use either a hardware RAID with battery backed write cache +** For local storage, use either a hardware RAID with battery backed write cache (BBU) or non-RAID for ZFS and Ceph. Neither ZFS nor Ceph are compatible with a hardware RAID controller. ** Shared and distributed storage is possible. -* Redundant (Multi-)Gbit NICs with additional NICs depending on the preferred +* Redundant (Multi-)Gbit NICs, with additional NICs depending on the preferred storage technology and cluster setup. * For PCI(e) passthrough the CPU needs to support the VT-d/AMD-d flag. @@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ recommended, especially regarding the I/O performance of your system. Supported Web Browsers for Accessing the Web Interface ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -To access the web-based user interface one of the following browsers is -recommended: +To access the web-based user interface, we recommend using one of the following +browsers: -* Firefox, a release of the current year, or the latest Extended Support Release -* Chrome, a release of the current year +* Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Extended Support Release +* Chrome, a release from the current year * Microsoft's currently supported version of Edge -* Safari, a release of the current year +* Safari, a release from the current year -When used on a mobile device, {pve} will show a lightweight touch-based +When accessed from a mobile device, {pve} will show a lightweight, touch-based interface. -- 2.20.1