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Requirements

This chapter provides information about the hardware and software items required for the installation of the Oracle9i Application Server, Oracle9iAS Client, and the online documentation. The topics include:

• Hardware Requirements

• Software Requirements

• Certified Software

• Oracle9iAS Client Requirements

• Online Documentation Requirements

Hardware Requirements

The following table contains the hardware requirements for Oracle9i Application Server. All the space calculations are based on NTFS. FAT formatted drives will require additional space.

Hardware Items	Requirements
CPU	An Intel compatible 486 or higher processor
Memory	128 MB
Disk Space	Core: 210 MB Minimal: 600 MB Standard Edition: 2.25 GB Enterprise Edition: 3.00 GB
Total Pagefile Size or Swap Space	800 MB
TEMP Space	TEMP system environment variable should point to a directory with at least 270 MB of free space.

Make note of the following:

• The disk space must be available on a single drive. Oracle9i Application Server does not support spanning the installation over multiple drives.

• Origin database must have minimum free disk space for the following:
  • System Tablespace: 1 GB

  • User Tablespace: 400 MB

For Standard Edition Only: You will need an additional 430 MB disk space on your Oracle9i Application Server machine to install the Oracle Enterprise Java Engine database. The database files do not have to be installed on the same disk as the Oracle9i Application Server Oracle home.

Software Requirements

The following table contains the software requirements for Oracle9i Application Server.

Software Items	Version
Operating System	Microsoft Windows NT with Service Pack 3 (minimum) or 5 (recommended) Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1.
Virtual Memory	At least 360 MB of free virtual memory. To change the amount of virtual memory, go to Windows Control Panel and open System. Under the performance tab, change the amount of virtual memory.

Path Environment Variable

If the value of the user's PATH environment variable is over 1,024 bytes, then the following error may occur when the installer starts up the Oracle HTTP Server process:

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This error can be resolved by doing either one of the following:

• Shortening the length of the PATH environment variable.

• Downloading a patch from Microsoft to correct the problem in cmd.exe. The patch is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q268722.

Certified Software

Installation of the Oracle9i Application Server requires an Oracle database. A complete list of certified software, including databases, for Oracle9i Application Server can be found at OracleMetaLink:

http://metalink.oracle.com

Oracle9iAS Client Requirements

The following table contains the requirements for the installation of Oracle9iAS Client. All the space calculations are based on NTFS. FAT formatted drives will require additional space.

See Also: Appendix B, "Installing Oracle9i Application Server Administrative and Development Client CD-ROM"

Hardware Items	Required
Operating System	Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, with Service Pack 5.0 or higher Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1. Some components might malfunction if Service Pack 1 is not available.
CPU	PentiumII 266
Memory	At least 64 MB RAM for running both the Oracle9iAS Wireless Service Designer and Web Integration Developer; at least 32 MB RAM for running the Oracle9iAS Wireless Service Designer.
Disk Space	40 MB for running both the Oracle9iAS Wireless Service Designer and Web Integration Developer; at least 20 MB for running the Oracle9iAS Wireless Service Designer.
JDK 1.2.2	The client system requires JDK 1.2.2. You can install JDK 1.2.2 for Windows NT from the client CD-ROM. Make the JDK directory the first entry in the system environment path.

Online Documentation Requirements

The following table contains the tools and disk space requirements for the installation of the Oracle9i Application Server online documentation. All the space calculations are based on NTFS. FAT formatted drives will require additional space. The documentation library can be installed on a separate machine.

See Also: Appendix E, "Installing Documentation Library"

Requirement	Items
Online Readers	Requires any one of the following: HTML Netscape Navigator 3.0 or higher Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher PDF Acrobat Reader 3.0 or higher Acrobat Reader+Search 3.0 or higher Acrobat Exchange 3.0 or higher PDFViewer Web browser plug-in 1.0 or higher
Disk Space	265 MB