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# Overview and System Requirements

## Overview

The Zetrix node installation guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring a Zetrix node on Linux systems.

## Requirements

Before installing a Zetrix node, you must make sure that your system meets the following requirements.

**Hardware Requirements**

The hardware requirements must meet the following configurations:

* **Recommended**：CPU 8 cores, memory 16G, bandwidth 20M, SSD disk 200G
* **Minimum**：CPU 2 cores, memory 4G, bandwidth 10M, SSD disk 100G

**Software Requirements**

You can choose Ubuntu, Centos or MacOS systems. The following systems are supported.

* Ubuntu 14.04
* Centos 7
* Mac OS X 10.11.4