| +----------------+------------------------------------+
| | Network | 2-1GB Ethernet NICs |
+--------------+----------------+------------------------------------+
+
+.. important: If you are running an OSD with a single disk, create a
+ partition for your volume storage that is separate from the partition
+ containing the OS. Generally, we recommend separate disks for the
+ OS and the volume storage.
+
+Production Cluster Example
+==========================
+
+Production clusters for petabyte scale data storage may also use commodity
+hardware, but should have considerably more memory, processing power and data
+storage to account for heavy traffic loads.
+
+A recent (2012) Ceph cluster project is using two fairly robust hardware
+configurations for Ceph OSDs, and a lighter configuration for monitors.
+
++----------------+----------------+------------------------------------+
+| Configuration | Criteria | Minimum Recommended |
++================+================+====================================+
+| Dell PE R510 | Processor | 2 64-bit quad-core Xeon CPUs |
+| +----------------+------------------------------------+
+| | RAM | 16 GB |
+| +----------------+------------------------------------+
+| | Volume Storage | 8-2TB drives. 1-OS 7-Storage |
+| +----------------+------------------------------------+
+| | Client Network | 2-1GB Ethernet NICs |
+| +----------------+------------------------------------+
+| | OSD Network | 2-1GB Ethernet NICs |
+| +----------------+------------------------------------+
+| | NIC Mgmt. | 2-1GB Ethernet NICs |
++----------------+----------------+------------------------------------+
+| Dell PE R515 | Processor | 1 hex-core Opteron CPU |
+| +----------------+------------------------------------+
+| | RAM | 16 GB |
+| +----------------+------------------------------------+
+| | Volume Storage | 12-3TB drives. Storage |
+| +----------------+------------------------------------+
+| | OS Storage | 1-500GB drive. Operating System. |
+| +----------------+------------------------------------+
+| | Client Network | 2-1GB Ethernet NICs |
+| +----------------+------------------------------------+
+| | OSD Network | 2-1GB Ethernet NICs |
+| +----------------+------------------------------------+
+| | NIC Mgmt. | 2-1GB Ethernet NICs |
++----------------+----------------+------------------------------------+
+
+
+
+
+