diff --git a/content/k3s/latest/en/installation/installation-requirements/_index.md b/content/k3s/latest/en/installation/installation-requirements/_index.md index e2335f785a6..2cf42d59c06 100644 --- a/content/k3s/latest/en/installation/installation-requirements/_index.md +++ b/content/k3s/latest/en/installation/installation-requirements/_index.md @@ -67,3 +67,16 @@ The cluster performance depends on database performance. To ensure optimal speed ### Network You should consider increasing the subnet size for the cluster CIDR so that you don't run out of IPs for the pods. You can do that by passing the `--cluster-cidr` option to K3s server upon starting. + +### Database + +K3s supports different databases including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and etcd, the following is a sizing guide for the database resources you need to run large clusters: + +| Deployment Size | Nodes | VCPUS | RAM | +|:---------------:|:---------:|:-----:|:-----:| +| Small | Up to 10 | 1 | 2 GB | +| Medium | Up to 100 | 2 | 8 GB | +| Large | Up to 250 | 4 | 16 GB | +| X-Large | Up to 500 | 8 | 32 GB | +| XX-Large | 500+ | 16 | 64 GB | +