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Overview and Installation
Getting started with MemVerge Memory Machine requries that you understand some background information about how persistent memory works. You can then install Memory Machine on a server and begin monitoring memory usage and capturing application snapshots.
Getting Started with Memory Machine
You run Memory Machine on a host equipped with one or more PMEM devices.
Software Recommendations
MemVerge recommends that you conform to software dependencies, such as operating systems and packages, that have been tested with MemVerge products.
Operating System Requirements

Overview and Installation
Getting started with MemVerge Memory Machine requries that you understand some background information about how persistent memory works. You can then install Memory Machine on a server and begin monitoring memory usage and capturing application snapshots.
- Introduction to MemVerge Memory Machine
  MemVerge Memory Machine (Memory Machine) enables applications to expand from volatile memory (DRAM) into persistent memory (PMEM).
- Getting Started with Memory Machine
  You run Memory Machine on a host equipped with one or more PMEM devices.
  - Hardware Recommendations
  - Network Recommendations
    For optimal performance and consistency throughout the Memory Machine System, MemVerge either requires or recommends specific values for open port numbers, communication protocols, and other network-related configurations.
  - Software Recommendations
    MemVerge recommends that you conform to software dependencies, such as operating systems and packages, that have been tested with MemVerge products.
  - Installing MemVerge Memory Machine
    Install MemVerge Memory Machine (Memory Machine) data service on all hosts requiring memory management.
  - Configuration Files
    MemVerge Memory Machine uses several YAML-formatted configuration files, installed in the /etc/memverge directory. Two of these, mvmallocd.yml and mvmalloc.yml contain user-configurable parameters.
Using the Memory Machine Management Center
Memory Machine Management Center (M3C) is a web UI application available on the host that is running the Memory Machine Management Service. You can view system resources and performance metrics; create and restore snapshots; schedule jobs; and more in M3C.
Using the Command Line Interface
You can administer and use MemVerge Memory Machine using the Command Line Interface (CLI) on any installed host.
Working with Applications
MemVerge provides additional instructions for some popular applications supported by Memory Machine, either to assist with complex setup or to support additional functionality.
All Documentation
Links to documentation for all releases of MemVerge Memory Machine.

Operating System Requirements

The following table lists the operating systems supported by Memory Machine.

Important: Memory Machine does not support capturing and restoring snapshots on hosts with different OS versions. This includes replicating or exporting a snapshot to a different host and upgrading the OS on a host between capturing and restoring a snapshot.

Operating System	Kernel	Links
CentOS 8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 8.0, 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, 7.6, 7.5, 7.4	stock, 4.20, 5.10.11-1	https://www.centos.org/, https://wiki.centos.org/Download
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 8.0, 7.9, 7.8, 7.7, 7.6, 7.5, 7.4	stock, 5.10.11-1	https://access.redhat.com/products/red-hat-enterprise-linux/