[pve-devel] [PATCH pve_docs 1/1] raise min ram requirements to 2 GiB and specify min disk space

Noel Ullreich n.ullreich at proxmox.com
Mon Jul 10 15:49:50 CEST 2023


Raise the minimum ram required for a PVE instance.
Also specify the minimum and recommended disk space for a PVE instance in GiB.

Signed-off-by: Noel Ullreich <n.ullreich at proxmox.com>
---
 pve-system-requirements.adoc | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pve-system-requirements.adoc b/pve-system-requirements.adoc
index bb474ac..4e789a4 100644
--- a/pve-system-requirements.adoc
+++ b/pve-system-requirements.adoc
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ used in production.
 
 * Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard for KVM full virtualization support
 
-* RAM: 1 GB RAM, plus additional RAM needed for guests
+* RAM: 2 GiB RAM, plus additional RAM needed for guests
 
-* Hard drive
+* Disk Space: a hard drive with at least a 16 GiB capacity
 
 * One network card (NIC)
 
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ 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 for every TB of used storage.
+* Memory: Minimum 4 GiB for the OS and {pve} services, plus designated memory for
+  guests. For Ceph and ZFS, additional memory is required; approximately 1 GiB of
+  memory for every TiB of used storage.
 
 * Fast and redundant storage, best results are achieved with SSDs.
 
 * OS storage: Use a hardware RAID with battery protected write cache (``BBU'')
-  or non-RAID with ZFS (optional SSD for ZIL).
+  or non-RAID with ZFS (optional SSD for ZIL) with at least a 32 GiB capacity.
 
 * VM storage:
 ** For local storage, use either a hardware RAID with battery backed write cache
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