Hardware Requirements
An Edge host must meet the minimum hardware requirements to be deployed successfully. Certain features such as Virtual Machine Orchestrator (VMO) require additional hardware capabilities. This page provides general guidance on the minimum hardware requirements for your Edge hosts.
Due to variations in hardware and firmware capabilities, in addition to different workloads required by each user, you should always verify and evaluate specific devices with Palette Edge as part of solution design. To learn more, contact Spectro Cloud sales at sales@spectrocloud.com.
Minimum Requirements
All Edge hosts must meet the following minimum hardware requirements.
AMD64 Architecture Devices
| Component | Requirement |
|---|---|
| CPU | - Intel: i3, i5, i7, i9, Xeon series - AMD: Ryzen 3, 5, 7, 9, and Epyc series |
| CPU Core | Minimum two cores. |
| Memory | Minimum 8 GB. |
| Storage | Main drive requires a minimum of 100 GB storage to accommodate the Operating System (OS), Kubernetes, and workloads. The main drive must be an SSD drive. |
ARM64 Architecture Devices
ARM64 support is only verified for the Nvidia Jetson Orin device family.
Virtual Machine Operator (VMO)
To operate VMO on edge clusters, the CPUs of the constituent Edge hosts must have the following virtualization technologies.
- Intel: Intel Virtualization Technology for x86 (VT-d) or Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-x)
- AMD: AMD Virtualization (AMD-V)
For more information, refer to Virtual Machine Orchestrator.