System Requirements

Before installing Adaptive Server version 15.7 SP100, ensure that your system is updated with the latest patches and system requirements. Do not use a patch that is earlier than the version suggested for your operating system. Use the patch recommended by the operating system vendor, even if it supersedes the patch listed.

To list all currently installed patches and display the operating system version level, enter:

showrev -p

Sun Solaris Requirements

All Solaris systems support the TCP protocol. Platform system requirements are:

Sun4u Architecture – Solaris 10, 11
AMD Architecture – Solaris 10, 11

Solaris 64-bit platform system requirements are:

Processor – 64-bit
Minimum RAM for Adaptive Server – 106MB
Default user stack size – 94KB
Memory per user connection – approximately 245KB

Sun Solaris AMD platform system requirements are:

Processor – 64-bit
Minimum RAM for Adaptive Server – 106MB
Default user stack size – 98KB
Memory per user connection – approximately 247KB

Note: Adaptive Server supports the 128-bit Zettabyte File System (ZFS) on Solaris 10. To guarantee data integrity, set DSYNC or Direct IO on. You can turn DSYNC or Direct IO off only for temporary databases that do not require recovery.

Sun system patch requirements:

For Solaris 10 SPARC
- 120753-05
- 120048-03
- 144190-03
For Solaris 10 on AMD
- 120754-05
- 120049-03
- 144191-02

These patches address an Oracle bug for Solaris::

Solaris 10 SPARC – 148888-03
Solaris 10 x86/x64 – 148889-03
Solaris 11 – the latest SRU containing the fix for Oracle Bug 16054425

Solaris disk space requirements:

Typical installation
- 64-bit: 985MB
- AMD: 890MB
Default databases created during installation – 306MB
Total
- 64-bit: 1141MB
- AMD: 1046MB

Ensure that you have the required operating system patches for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 7.

Information about the required operating system patches is available from http://java.sun.com.