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title: System Requirements
weight: 40
description: "Hardware requirements for running Talos Linux."
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## Minimum Requirements

<table class="table-auto">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th class="px-4 py-2">Role</th>
      <th class="px-4 py-2">Memory</th>
      <th class="px-4 py-2">Cores</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td class="border px-4 py-2">Init/Control Plane</td>
      <td class="border px-4 py-2">2GB</td>
      <td class="border px-4 py-2">2</td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="bg-gray-100">
      <td class="border px-4 py-2">Worker</td>
      <td class="border px-4 py-2">1GB</td>
      <td class="border px-4 py-2">1</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

## Recommended

<table class="table-auto">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th class="px-4 py-2">Role</th>
      <th class="px-4 py-2">Memory</th>
      <th class="px-4 py-2">Cores</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td class="border px-4 py-2">Init/Control Plane</td>
      <td class="border px-4 py-2">4GB</td>
      <td class="border px-4 py-2">4</td>
    </tr>
    <tr class="bg-gray-100">
      <td class="border px-4 py-2">Worker</td>
      <td class="border px-4 py-2">2GB</td>
      <td class="border px-4 py-2">2</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

These requirements are similar to that of kubernetes.
