1.4 Oracle R Enterprise System Requirements

Oracle R Enterprise runs on 64-bit platforms only.

Both client and server components are supported on each of the platforms described in this topic.

Table 1-2 Oracle R Enterprise Platform Requirements

Operating System	Hardware Platform	Description
Linux x86-64	Intel and AMD	64-bit Oracle Linux Releases 6 and 7 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux Releases 6 and 7 Oracle Linux may be running on Oracle Exadata Database Machine.
Oracle Solaris on x86-64 (64-Bit) Oracle Solaris on SPARC-64 (64-Bit)	Intel and SPARC	64-bit Oracle Solaris 10 update 11 through Oracle Solaris 11 for both SPARC and x86-64 (Intel) platforms Oracle SPARC SuperCluster Oracle Solaris Studio (formerly Sun Studio) 12u3 or later Oracle Solaris may be running on Oracle Exadata Database Machine.
IBM AIX on POWER Systems (64-Bit)	IBM	64-bit IBM AIX 5.3 or higher
Microsoft Windows x64 (64-Bit)	Intel	64-bit Microsoft Windows

The following table shows the supported configurations of Oracle R Enterprise server components. Oracle recommends that you use Oracle R Distribution, Oracle's free distribution of R, with Oracle R Enterprise. You should install Oracle R Distribution before installing Oracle R Enterprise.

Table 1-3 Oracle R Enterprise Configuration Requirements and Server Support Matrix

Oracle R Enterprise Version	Open Source R or Oracle R Distribution	Oracle Database Release
1.5.1	3.3.0	11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1, 12.1.0.2, 12.2.0.1
1.5	3.2.0	11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1, 12.1.0.2
1.4.1	3.0.1, 3.1.1	11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1, 12.1.0.2
1.4	2.15.2, 2.15.3, 3.0.1	11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1
1.3.1	2.15.1, 2.15.2, 2.15.3	11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1
1.3	2.15.1	11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1
1.2	2.15.1	11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1
1.1	2.13.2	11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1
1.0	2.13.2	11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1

Note:

In Oracle Database Release 12.1.0.2, for some embedded R operations to be successful, both Oracle R Enterprise releases 1.4.1 and 1.5 require the database patch -- 20173897 WRONG RESULT OF GROUP BY FROM A TABLE RETURNED BY EXTPROC (Patch).

See Also:

• "Oracle R Distribution and Oracle R Enterprise".

Verifying 64-Bit Architecture on Microsoft Windows

Oracle R Enterprise only runs on 64-bit operating systems. You can determine if your Windows system is 64-bit by following these steps:

• Windows 7 or Windows Vista:

  1. From Windows Control Panel, choose System.

  2. Verify that System type is 64-bit Operating System.

• Windows XP:

  1. From the Start menu, choose My Computer.

  2. Click Properties.

  3. On the System tab, verify that the system is x64 Edition.