# System requirements


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## Supported platforms

Percona Operators are designed for compatibility with all [CNCF-certified :octicons-link-external-16:](https://www.cncf.io/training/certification/software-conformance/) Kubernetes distributions. Our release process includes targeted testing and validation on major cloud provider platforms and OpenShift, as detailed below for Operator version {{ release }}:

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Other Kubernetes platforms may also work but have not been tested.

## Resource limits

A cluster running an officially supported platform contains at least three
Nodes, with the following resources:

* 2GB of RAM,
* 2 CPU threads per Node for Pods provisioning,
* at least 60GB of available storage for Persistent Volumes provisioning.

## Installation guidelines

Choose how you wish to install the Operator:

* [with Helm](helm.md)
* [on Minikube](minikube.md)
* [on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](gke.md)
* [on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (AWS EKS)](eks.md)
* [in a Kubernetes-based environment](kubernetes.md)