| Component | Lab / POC | Production |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 64bit x86_64 with Intel VTx or AMDV | Dualsocket Intel® Xeon® or AMD EPYC™ |
| Memory | 16 GB | Starts at 128 GB (scale per workload) |
| Storage | 40 GB SSD | NVMe / SAS; Cephready disks on storage nodes |
| Networking | 1 × 1 GbE | 2 × 10/25/40 GbE (SRIOV or DPDKcapable) |
| Out-of-band Mgmt | IPMI 2.0 or Redfish | Same |