From c1c30beaf63916cd7887c334681717337dded3de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joyce Fee <102751339+Feediver1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:15:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update requirements.adoc

---
 modules/deploy/partials/requirements.adoc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/deploy/partials/requirements.adoc b/modules/deploy/partials/requirements.adoc
index 2d9b126ae4..5b94372183 100644
--- a/modules/deploy/partials/requirements.adoc
+++ b/modules/deploy/partials/requirements.adoc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ endif::[]
 
 *Requirements*:
 
-- Each node must have at least two physical CPU cores.
+- Each production node must have at least four physical CPU cores.
 - x86_64 (Westmere or newer) and AWS Graviton processors are supported.
 ifdef::env-kubernetes[]
 - Each Redpanda Pod requires at least 2 GiB of memory per core.

From 23648bbeaba28363f19308a9d3ec5850c3b52891 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joyce Fee <102751339+Feediver1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:28:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Apply suggestion from @Feediver1

---
 modules/deploy/partials/requirements.adoc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/deploy/partials/requirements.adoc b/modules/deploy/partials/requirements.adoc
index 5b94372183..88eeadc064 100644
--- a/modules/deploy/partials/requirements.adoc
+++ b/modules/deploy/partials/requirements.adoc
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ endif::[]
 
 *Requirements*:
 
-- Each production node must have at least four physical CPU cores.
+- Each production node must have at least two physical CPU cores.
 - x86_64 (Westmere or newer) and AWS Graviton processors are supported.
 ifdef::env-kubernetes[]
 - Each Redpanda Pod requires at least 2 GiB of memory per core.