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

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 3/7/19 3:23 PM, Alwin Antreich wrote:
>  - 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

non-RAID sounds strange if you then can select only modes starting with "RAID..."
in the installer for  ZFS. Also are we sure that we want to say "best with HW
raid" as I have the slight experience that HW raids often are not really "the best"
Maybe, "best with redundancy" then shortly mention the possibilities (ZFS, HW RAID)?

> +  hardware RAID controller. For best performance use Enterprise class SSD with
> +  ower loss protection.

s/ower/power/

>