[pmg-devel] applied: [PATCH docs v2] Update minimal and recommended system requirements

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 3/13/19 12:20 PM, Alwin Antreich wrote:
>  - reword text for physical and VM usage and requirements
>  - correct network speed unit
>  - extend and reword storage recommendation
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alwin Antreich <a.antreich at proxmox.com>
> ---
> V1 -> V2: reworded recommended storage bullet to make it less complex and
> 	  minor spelling fixups
> 	  https://pve.proxmox.com/pipermail/pmg-devel/2019-March/000314.html

applied, thanks!

> 
>  pmg-planning-deployment.adoc | 32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/pmg-planning-deployment.adoc b/pmg-planning-deployment.adoc
> index 579dbc6..e2f34ae 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 +115,28 @@ 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 setup with redundancy, +
> +  use hardware RAID controller with battery backed write cache (``BBU'') or
> +  ZFS. ZFS is not compatible with a hardware RAID controller. For best
> +  performance use Enterprise class SSD with power loss protection.
>