Other Linux OS versions such as Debian Linux and Fedora Linux might work but are not officially supported.

You can deploy and run TiKV on the 64-bit generic hardware server platform in the Intel x86-64 architecture or on the hardware server platform in the ARM architecture. The recommendations about server hardware configuration (ignoring the resources occupied by the operating system itself) for development, test, and production environments are as follows:

• In the test environment, the TiKV and PD instances can be deployed on the same server.
• For performance-related test, do not use low-performance storage and network hardware configuration, in order to guarantee the correctness of the test result.
• For the TiKV server, it is recommended to use NVMe SSDs to ensure faster reads and writes.

• It is recommended to keep the size of TiKV hard disk within 2 TB if you are using PCIe SSDs or within 1.5 TB if you are using regular SSDs.

To ensure correct configuration, create echo servers on the ports/IP addresses by using (from the package):

TiKV relies on Grafana to provide visualization of database metrics. A recent version of Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox with Javascript enabled is sufficient.