DeveloperEdition

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NexentaStor Developer Edition
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**NexentaStor Developer Edition** CD image can be installed on “bare-metal” x86/64 hardware.  The hardware compatibility lists for Solaris 10 and for OpenSolaris indicate what is supported.  The NexentaStor installer also **verifies** hardware compatibility before installation commences. For more information on hardware compatibility please visit NexentaStor [FAQ](http://www.nexenta.com/nexentastor-faq).
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NexentaStor Developer Edition can be deployed with up to **FOUR Terabytes** of user data with no limits on the total size of attached storage. Recommended system requirements:
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* 64 bit processor (32 bit not recommended for production)
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* 768MB RAM minimum for evaluation, 2GB okay, 4GB ideal
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* 2 identical relatively small disks for high-availability system folder (for operating system and the rest appliance's software)
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* Additional drives/storage for data volumes
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## Download  ##
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Select the type of download below. We provide the choice of downloading the install CD iso, as well as pre-installed VMware and Xen virtual machines.
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|**CD Image**|**Vmware Image**|**Xen Image**|
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|This can be installed on any x86 based machine, or Virtual Machine.  | This image can be used directly with VMware, to provide an installed NexentaStor Developer Edition 2.2 environment  | This image can be used directly with Xen, to provide an installed NexentaStor Developer Edition 2.2 environment|
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|![download_btn.png](/themes/nexentastor/images/download_btn.png)  <br>[**Download: US Mirror** ](/releases/NexentaStor-ISO-EVAL-2.2.0.zip) <br> [**Download: Europe Mirror** ](http://nexenta.inprove.nl/isos/NexentaStor-ISO-EVAL-2.2.0.zip) <br>MD5sum: 090bacfef5f90f4ea6506cd92bbae937|![download_btn.png](/themes/nexentastor/images/download_btn.png)  <br> [**Download**](/releases/NexentaStor-EVAL-2.2.0-vmware.tar.gz) <br>MD5sum : c03dc99d44066ddfac39a7926c724d5a|![download_btn.png](/themes/nexentastor/images/download_btn.png)  <br>[**Download**](/releases/NexentaStor-EVAL-2.2.0-xen.tar.gz) <br>MD5sum : df1da52790adbe5077f42741779fd96f|
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## Getting Started and Evaluation key ##
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The download does not require registration. For the first steps, please refer to [Quick Start Guide](http://www.nexenta.com/corp/component/remository/func-startdown/11/).  You will be able to activate the appliance with [Evaluation Key](http://www.nexenta.com/corp/developer-edition-registration) and use it for free. 
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Please note, however, that Developer Edition is not supported. If you're looking for support with the product, please consider using the Trial or Enterprise edition of NexentaStor. Complete details can be found [in this table](http://www.nexenta.com/corp/products?task=blogsection#editionstable).
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## ZFS supported hardware ##
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You can find a partial list of known supported hardware [**here**](http://www.nexenta.com/corp/component/option,com_jreviews/Itemid,120/). 
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Note: This is not by any means an exhaustive list.. any hardware known to work on Opensolaris, will work on NexentaStor as well. Sun maintains a hardware compatibility list at the [**HCL**](http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/data/os/).