System Requirements

Recommended Hardware

• CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64)
• Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard (for KVM Full Virtualization support)
• 8 GB RAM is good, more is better (grab as much as possible)
• Hardware RAID with batteries protected write cache (BBU) or flash protection
• Fast hard drives, best results with 15k rpm SAS, Raid10
• Two or more Gbit NIC (for bonding), additional NIC´s depending on the preferred storage technology and cluster setup

For evaluation

Minimum Hardware (for testing only)

• CPU: 64bit (Intel EMT64 or AMD64)
• Intel VT/AMD-V capable CPU/Mainboard (for KVM Full Virtualization support)
• Minimum 1 GB RAM
• Hard drive
• One NIC

Testing with desktop virtualization

Proxmox VE can be installed as a guest on all common used desktop virtualization solutions as long as they support nested virtualization.

Proxmox VE on a Debian System

If you want you can install Proxmox VE on top of a running Debian 64-bit. This is especially interesting, if you want to have a custom partition layout.

Read how to install Proxmox VE on a Debian System