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Help and description of the process of ordering services → Minimum resource requirements for operating systems

[VPS/VDS servers]
Date of publication: 29.01.2024

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 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 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.