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To create a cluster using Anthos on bare metal, you need:
The following table shows the hardware requirements for running Anthos on bare metal:
Table 5: Minimum and recommended hardware requirements for running Anthos on bare metal
Resource | Minimum | Recommended |
CPUs/vCPUs | 4 cores | 8 cores |
RAM | 16 GiB | 32 GiB |
Storage | 128 GiB | 256 GiB |