diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index 7d4055b63..879db8985 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Installation can either be installed with a graphical installer or on top of Debian_ from the provided package repository. +.. include:: system-requirements.rst + .. include:: package-repositories.rst Server installation diff --git a/docs/local-zfs.rst b/docs/local-zfs.rst index cd9d53153..a9e1aec3b 100644 --- a/docs/local-zfs.rst +++ b/docs/local-zfs.rst @@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ You can disable compression at any time with: Only new blocks will be affected by this change. +.. _local_zfs_special_device: + ZFS Special Device ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ diff --git a/docs/system-requirements.rst b/docs/system-requirements.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fb920865d --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system-requirements.rst @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@ +System Requirements +------------------- + +We recommend using high quality server hardware when running Proxmox Backup in +production. To further decrease the impact of a failed host, you can set up +periodic, efficient, incremental :ref:`datastore synchronization ` +from other Proxmox Backup Server instances. + +Minimum Server Requirements, for Evaluation +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +These minimum requirements are for evaluation purposes only and should not be +used in production. + +* CPU: 64bit (*x86-64* or *AMD64*), 2+ Cores + +* Memory (RAM): 2 GB RAM + +* Hard drive: more than 8GB of space. + +* Network card (NIC) + + +Recommended Server System Requirements +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* CPU: Modern AMD or Intel 64-bit based CPU, with at least 4 cores + +* Memory: minimum 4 GiB for the OS, filesystem cache and Proxmox Backup Server + daemons. Add at least another GiB per TiB storage space. + +* OS storage: + + * 32 GiB, or more, free storage space + * Use a hardware RAID with battery protected write cache (*BBU*) or a + redundant ZFS setup (ZFS is not compatible with a hardware RAID + controller). + +* Backup storage: + + * Use only SSDs, for best results + * If HDDs are used: Using a metadata cache is highly recommended, for example, + add a ZFS :ref:`special device mirror `. + +* Redundant Multi-GBit/s network interface cards (NICs) + + +Supported Web Browsers for Accessing the Web Interface +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +To access the server's web-based user interface, we recommend using one of the +following browsers: + +* Firefox, a release from the current year, or the latest Extended Support Release +* Chrome, a release from the current year +* Microsoft's currently supported version of Edge +* Safari, a release from the current year