Every operating system has minimum requirements for the resources it needs to get up and running. When ordering a VDS server, you have the opportunity to choose an operating system, but the requirements for each of them may differ and for comfortable operation we recommend following the manufacturer’s recommendations.
Below we have provided a list of operating systems and their minimum hardware requirements:
Operating system Minimum Requirements Microsoft Windows 11 RAM 4 GB, SSD 64 GB, CPU - 2 cores Microsoft Windows 10 RAM 2 GB, SSD 20 GB, CPU - 2 cores Microsoft Windows Server 2022 RAM 2 GB, SSD 32 GB, CPU - 2 cores Microsoft Windows Server 2019 RAM 2 GB, SSD 32 GB, CPU - 2 cores Microsoft Windows Server 2016 RAM 2 GB, SSD 32 GB, CPU - 2 cores Microsoft Windows Server 2012 RAM 2 GB, SSD 32 GB, CPU - 2 cores AlmaLinux 9 RAM 1 GB, SSD 20 GB, CPU - 1 core AlmaLinux 8 RAM 1 GB, SSD 20 GB, CPU - 1 core Rocky Linux 9 RAM 1 GB, SSD 20 GB, CPU - 1 core Rocky Linux 8 RAM 1 GB, SSD 20 GB, CPU - 1 core Linux Debian 12 RAM 1 GB, SSD 10 GB, CPU - 1 core Linux Debian 11 RAM 1 GB, SSD 10 GB, CPU - 1 core Linux Debian 10 RAM 1 GB, SSD 10 GB, CPU - 1 core Linux Ubuntu 24.04 RAM 4 GB, SSD 25 GB, CPU - 2 cores Linux Ubuntu 22.04 RAM 4 GB, SSD 25 GB, CPU - 2 cores Linux Ubuntu 20.04 RAM 4 GB, SSD 25 GB, CPU - 2 cores Linux Oracle 9 RAM 2 GB, SSD 10 GB, CPU - 2 cores Linux CentOS 7 RAM 1 GB, SSD 10 GB, CPU - 1 core FreeBSD 14 RAM 1 GB, SSD 5 GB, CPU - 1 core
Please note that the minimum requirements are based on a minimum order increment of 1 GB, both disk and RAM. In the official manual there is a minimum RAM requirement of 512 MB - in our case there will be 1 GB or 1.5 GB of RAM, in our case 2 GB.