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

[Alwin Antreich]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 09:41:36AM +0100, Thomas Lamprecht wrote:
> 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)?
> 
The wording 'non-RAID' is used to identify disks not in RAID modes.
Aren't you refereing with 'best with HW raid' to the removed section?

> > +  hardware RAID controller. For best performance use Enterprise class SSD with
> > +  ower loss protection.
> 
> s/ower/power/
Thanks for spotting.