Hardware requirements for Server
Note: The following memory and disk requirements are for the WebSphere
Application Server.
For Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 (32-bit WebSphere Application
Server)
- Intel Pentium processor at 500MHz or faster
- Intel® EM64T or AMD Opteron.
- Minimum 512 MB physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- Minimum 1 GB of free disk space for installation (includes SDK)
For Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit WebSphere Application
Server)
- Intel EM64T or AMD Opteron.
- Minimum 512 MB physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- Minimum 1 GB of free disk space for installation (includes SDK)
For Linux® x86 (32-bit WebSphere Application Server)
- Intel Pentium processor at 500 MHz or faster
- Intel EM64T or AMD Opteron
- Minimum 512 MB of physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- Minimum 1 GB of free disk space for installation (includes SDK)
For Linux on x86-64 (64-bit WebSphere Application Server)
- AMD Opteron and Intel EM64T (64-bit kernel support only)
- Minimum 512 MB of physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- Minimum 1 GB of free disk space for installation (includes SDK)
For Linux on IBM System z (64-bit WebSphere Application Server)
- System z® processors
- Minimum of 1,119MB available disk space for installation
- Minimum of 512 MB memory; 1 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
For IBM AIX® (32 bit WebSphere® Application
Server)
- IBM POWER® family of processors
- Minimum 512 MB physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- Minimum 1 GB of free disk space for installation
For IBM AIX (64 bit WebSphere Application Server)
- IBM POWER family of processors
- Minimum 1 GB physical memory recommended
- Minimum 1 GB of free disk space for installation
For Solaris (32-bit WebSphere Application Server)
- Sun Solaris operating environment compatible SPARC workstation
at 440MHz, or faster
- Minimum 512 MB physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- Minimum 1 GB of free disk space for installation
For additional software products, for example DB2® or
IBM Communications Server, refer to the respective product documentation.
Hardware requirements for Client
For Windows XP
- x86 processors capable of supporting the supported operating systems
- 512 MB RAM
- 500 MB free disk space
- Display resolution: Super video graphics array/adapter (XGA) 1024
x 768 display
- High-contrast mode: 1152 x 768 display, only default font settings
(10pt Sans)
For Windows Vista business
- x86 processors capable of supporting the supported operating systems
- 512 MB RAM
- 500 MB free disk space
- Display resolution: Super video graphics array/adapter (XGA) 1024
x 768 display
- High-contrast mode: 1152 x 768 display, only default font settings
(10pt Sans)
For Windows 7
- x86 processors capable of supporting the supported operating systems
- 512 MB RAM
- 500 MB free disk space
- Display resolution: Super video graphics array/adapter (XGA) 1024
x 768 display
- High-contrast mode: 1152 x 768 display, only default font settings
(10pt Sans)
For Linux on x86
- x86 processors capable of supporting the supported operating systems
- 512 MB RAM
- 500 MB free disk space
- Display resolution: Super video graphics array/adapter (XGA) 1024
x 768 display
- High-contrast mode: 1152 x 768 display, only default font settings
(10pt Sans)
Hardware requirements for development environment
Note: These memory and disk requirements listed below are for the
IBM Rational® Application Developer.
For Windows XP
- Intel Pentium III processor at 800 MHz, or faster recommended
- Minimum 2 GB RAM
- Minimum 3.7 GB of free disk space for installation
- Minimum display 1024 x 768
For Windows Vista business
- Intel Pentium III processor at 800 MHz, or faster recommended
- Minimum 2 GB RAM
- Minimum 3.7 GB of free disk space for installation
- Minimum display 1024 x 768
For Windows 7
- Intel Pentium III processor at 800 MHz, or faster recommended
- Minimum 2 GB RAM
- Minimum 3.7 GB of free disk space for installation
- Minimum display 1024 x 768
For Linux on x86
- Intel Pentium III processor at 800 MHz, or faster recommended
- Minimum 2 GB RAM
- Minimum 3.7 GB of free disk space for installation
- Minimum display 1024 x 768
If the development environment requires additional software products,
for example DB2 or IBM Communications Server, refer to the
specific product documentation.
For the latest hardware requirements, refer to the documentation
at http://www.ibm.com/software/.