[pmg-devel] [PATCH docs] Update minimal and recommended system requirements

Alwin Antreich a.antreich at proxmox.com
Thu Mar 7 15:23:44 CET 2019


 - reword text for physical and VM usage and its requirements
 - correct network speed unit
 - extend and reword storage recommendation

Signed-off-by: Alwin Antreich <a.antreich at proxmox.com>
---
 pmg-planning-deployment.adoc | 33 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pmg-planning-deployment.adoc b/pmg-planning-deployment.adoc
index 579dbc6..f180715 100644
--- a/pmg-planning-deployment.adoc
+++ b/pmg-planning-deployment.adoc
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ section xref:nmap[port scans]).
 System Requirements
 -------------------
 
-{pmg} needs dedicated server hardware but can also run inside a
-virtual machine on any of the following plattforms:
+The {pmg} can run on dedicated server hardware or inside a virtual machine on
+any of the following plattforms:
 
 * Proxmox VE (KVM)
 
@@ -94,7 +94,11 @@ virtual machine on any of the following plattforms:
 
 * Virtual box™
 
-* Citrix XenServer™
+* Citrix Hypervisor™ (former XenServer™)
+
+* LXC container
+
+* and others supporting Debian Linux as guest OS
 
 Please see http://www.proxmox.com for details.
 
@@ -111,28 +115,29 @@ Minimum System Requirements
 
 * bootable CD-ROM-drive or USB boot support
 
-* 1024x768 capable VGA/Monitor for Installer
+* Monitor with a resolution of 1024x768 for the installation
 
-* Hard disk 8 GB - ATA/SATA/SCSI/NVME
+* Hard disk with at least 8 GB of disk space
 
-* Ethernet Network interface card
+* Ethernet network interface card
 
 
 Recommended System Requirements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* Multicore CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64)
+* Multicore CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64), +
+  for use as virtual machine activate Intel VT/AMD-V CPU flag
 
 * 4 GB RAM
 
 * bootable CD-ROM-drive or USB boot support
 
-* 1024x768 capable VGA/Monitor for Installer
-
-* 1 GBps Ethernet Network interface card
+* Monitor with a resolution of 1024x768 for the installation
 
-* Hardware RAID1 or RAID10, Raid Controllers need write cache with
-  batteries backup module for best performance
+* 1 Gbps ethernet network interface card
 
-* Enterprise class SSD with power loss protection (e.g. Intel SSD DC
-  35xx/36xx/37xx)
+* Storage: at least 8 GB free disk space, best with RAID1 or RAID10, +
+  use hardware RAID controller with battery backed write cache (``BBU'') or
+  non-RAID with ZFS and SSD cache (optional). ZFS is not compatible with a
+  hardware RAID controller. For best performance use Enterprise class SSD with
+  ower loss protection.
-- 
2.11.0




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