All supported operating systems are 32-bit unless indicated otherwise. The 64-bit JDK is supported only on 64-bit supported operating systems.
The following table lists the operating systems with which the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1 is compatible.
The table lists the minimum required version of each supported operating system.
Operating System |
Minimum Memory |
Recommended Memory |
Minimum Disk Space |
Recommended Disk Space |
JVM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sun Solaris 9, 10 (SPARC) Solaris 9, 10 (x86) |
512 MB |
512 MB |
250 MB free |
500 MB free |
J2SE 5.0 Java SE 6 |
64–bit Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC, x86) |
512 MB |
512 MB |
250 MB free |
500 MB free |
J2SE 5.0 Java SE 6 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Update 1, 4.0, and 5.x |
512 MB |
1 GB |
250 MB free |
500 MB free |
J2SE 5.0 Java SE 6 |
64–bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x |
512 MB |
1 GB |
250 MB free |
500 MB free |
J2SE 5.0 Java SE 6 |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 |
512 MB |
1 GB |
250 MB free |
500 MB free |
J2SE 5.0 Java SE 6 |
64–bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 |
512 MB |
1 GB |
250 MB free |
500 MB free |
J2SE 5.0 Java SE 6 |
Ubuntu Linux, Hardy Release Supported only as a developer platform. |
512 MB |
1 GB |
250 MB free |
500 MB free |
J2SE 5.0 Java SE 6 |
AIX 5.2, 5.3 |
512 MB |
1 GB |
250 MB free |
500 MB free |
J2SE 5.0 |
Windows 2000 SP4+ Advanced Server SP4+ Windows Server 2003, 2008 Windows XP Pro SP1+ Windows Vista Windows 2008 |
1 GB |
2 GB |
500 MB free |
1 GB free |
J2SE 5.0 Java SE 6 |
Macintosh OS 10.4, 10.5 (Intel, Power) Supported only as a developer platform. |
512 MB |
512 MB |
250 MB free |
500 MB free |
Java SE 5 |
OpenSolaris Evaluation support only |
512 MB |
512 MB |
250 MB free |
500 MB free |
Java SE 5 Java SE 6 |
Its recommended that you use the NTFS file system rather than FAT or FAT32 when running the Enterprise Server on any Microsoft Windows platform.
On UNIXTM, you can check your operating system version using the uname command. Disk space can be checked using the df command.
Although Mac OS is not supported for production deployments, it is supported for development purposes. You can get information on downloading the Macintosh operating system from the GlassFish downloads page , or through the SDK page where Mac is listed. For example, on the Java EE 5 SDK Update 5 download page https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=java_ee_sdk-5_05-nojdk-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Developer.