The minimum setup of a standalone {engine-name} environment includes:

  • One {virt-product-fullname} {engine-name} machine.

  • A minimum of two hosts for virtual machine high availability.

  • One storage service, which must be accessible to all hosts.

The minimum setup of a self-hosted engine environment includes:

  • One {virt-product-fullname} {engine-name} virtual machine that is hosted on one of the self-hosted engine nodes.

  • A minimum of two self-hosted engine nodes for virtual machine high availability.

  • One storage service, which must be accessible to all hosts.

For more details, see Architecture in the Product Guide.