Red Hat Virtualization is made up of connected components that each play different roles in the environment. Planning and preparing for their requirements in advance helps these components communicate and run efficiently.

This guide covers:

Hardware and security requirements
The options available for various components
Recommendations for optimizing your environment

1.1. Minimum Architecture

The minimum setup of a standalone Manager environment includes:

One Red Hat Virtualization Manager machine.
A minimum of two hosts for virtual machine high availability.
One storage service, which must be accessible to all hosts.

The minimum setup of a self-hosted engine environment includes:

One Red Hat Virtualization Manager virtual machine that is hosted on one of the self-hosted engine nodes.
A minimum of two self-hosted engine nodes for virtual machine high availability.
One storage service, which must be accessible to all hosts.

For more details, see Architecture in the Product Guide.