Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Release Notes

Supported Platforms

Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 requires a minimum of 200 Mbytes of free disk space to install, and 100 Mbytes of free memory to run.

The following table lists supported operating systems and provides minimum memory, recommended memory, minimum disk space, recommended disk space, and Java virtual machine for each.

As listed below, Enterprise Server requires JDKTM release 6. The minimum (and certified) version of the JDK 6 software that is required depends on the operating system. For platform-specific requirements, see Required JDK Version.

Table 1–2 Supported Operating Systems

Operating System 

Minimum Memory 

Recommended Memory 

Minimum Disk Space 

Recommended Disk Space 

Java Virtual Machine 

SolarisTM Operating System

Solaris 10 (SPARCTM platform)

1 GB 

2 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

JDK 6 

32- and 64-bit 

Solaris 10 (x86 platform) 

1 GB 

2 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

JDK 6 

32- and 64-bit 

OpenSolarisTM 2009.06

1 GB 

2 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

JDK 6 

Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0  

1 GB 

2 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

JDK 6 

32- and 64-bit 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 

1 GB 

2 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

JDK 6 

32-bit 

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 

1 GB 

2 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

JDK 6 

32-bit 

Ubuntu Linux 8.04 

1 GB 

2 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

JDK 6 

32-bit 

Windows

Windows 7 Professional 

1 GB 

2 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

JDK 6 

32- and 64-bit 

Windows XP Professional SP3 

1 GB 

2 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

JDK 6 

32-bit 

Windows 2008 

1 GB 

2 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

JDK 6 

32-bit 

Windows Vista Business 

1 GB 

2 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB 

JDK 6 

32-bit 

Mac OS

Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 

1 GB 

2 GB 

250 MB free 

500 MB free 

JDK 6 

32-bit 

On UNIX® platforms, you can check your operating system version by using the uname command. Disk space can be checked by using the df command.


Note –

Use the NTFS file system rather than FAT or FAT32 when running Enterprise Server on any Microsoft Windows platform.