diff --git a/modules/install/pages/pre-install.adoc b/modules/install/pages/pre-install.adoc
index 01ab4dcf91..c4f96ca723 100644
--- a/modules/install/pages/pre-install.adoc
+++ b/modules/install/pages/pre-install.adoc
@@ -14,24 +14,38 @@ x86 Processors::
 | | Minimum Specifications* | Recommended Specifications**
 
 | *CPU*
-| 2 GHz dual core x86_64 CPU supporting SSE4.2
-| 3 GHz quad core x86_64 CPU supporting SSE4.2 and above
+| 2 GHz dual-core x86_64 CPU supporting SSE4.2
+| 3 GHz quad-core x86_64 CPU supporting SSE4.2 and above
 
 3 GHz six core x86_64 CPU supporting SSE4.2 when using Cross Datacenter Replication (XDCR) and Views
 
 | *RAM*
-| 4 GB (physical)
-| 16 GB (physical) and above
+| 4 GiB (physical)
+| 16 GiB (physical) and above
 
 | *Storage (disk space)*
 a|
-8 GB (block-based; HDD, SSD, EBS, iSCSI)
+8 GiB (block-based; HDD, SSD, EBS, iSCSI)
 
 Network file systems such as CIFS and NFS are not supported.
 a|
-16 GB and above (block-based; HDD, SSD, EBS, iSCSI)
+16 GiB and above (SSD)
 
 Network file systems such as CIFS and NFS are not supported.
+
+3+a| 
+[IMPORTANT]
+.Backup Nodes
+=====
+If the node is used for administering backups, then be aware that the resource requirements will be higher.
+
+The minimum hardware requirement is four CPU cores and 8GiB RAM. 
+
+The recommended hardware is sixteen CPU cores, 16GiB RAM, and SSD disks.
+
+=====
+
+
 |===
 --
 
@@ -47,16 +61,41 @@ ARM Processors::
 | 2.5 Ghz quad core 64bit ARM v8 CPU
 
 | *RAM*
-| 4 GB (physical)
-| 16 GB (physical) and above
+| 4 GiB (physical)
+| 16 GiB (physical) and above
+
+| *Storage (disk space)*
+a|
+8 GiB (block-based; HDD, SSD, EBS, iSCSI)
+
+Network file systems such as CIFS and NFS are not supported.
+a|
+16 GiB and above (SSD)
+
+Network file systems such as CIFS and NFS are not supported.
+
+3+a| 
+[IMPORTANT]
+.Backup Nodes
+=====
+If the node is used for administering backups, then be aware that the resource requirements will be higher:
+=====
+
+| *CPU*
+| 2 GHz quad-core x86_64 CPU supporting SSE4.2
+| 3 GHz sixteen-core x86_64 CPU supporting SSE4.2 and above
+
+| *RAM*
+| 8 GiB (physical)
+| 16 GiB (physical) and above
 
 | *Storage (disk space)*
 a|
-8 GB (block-based; HDD, SSD, EBS, iSCSI)
+8 GiB (block-based; HDD, SSD, EBS, iSCSI)
 
 Network file systems such as CIFS and NFS are not supported.
 a|
-16 GB and above (block-based; HDD, SSD, EBS, iSCSI)
+16 GiB and above (SSD)
 
 Network file systems such as CIFS and NFS are not supported.
 |===