A Peer Fusion Storage Cluster is a Tightly Integrated Group of Peers.
Peers are nodes in the cluster that store and process requests from Cluster Gateways.
| Recommended Hardware Configuration | Minimum | Preferred |
| Cluster LAN | 1+ x 1GbE | 1 x 10GbE |
| CPU | Multi-Core x64 | Intel Multi-Core Xeon |
| Memory | 16+GB | 32+GB |
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| Software Configurations | | |
| OS | CentOS 7 | |
| Local Filesystem | Boot: XFS | Data: ZFS |
| OS | FreeBSD 10.4+ | |
| Local Filesystem | Boot: UFS | Data: ZFS |