Sun Java Enterprise System 2005Q4 Release Notes

Hardware and Software Requirements


Note –

Current plans are that Sun will not ship new versions of Java Enterprise System for Solaris 8 beyond June 30, 2005. This does not affect the support life for Java Enterprise System prior to June 30, 2005. If you are running Java Enterprise System on Solaris 8, it is recommended that you commence transition planning.


Table 3 Hardware and Software Requirements for complete installation of Java ES 2005Q4

Operating System 

Disk Space 

RAM 

Solaris OS SPARC (Ultra Enterprise 250) 

6096 MB 

4196 MB or above 

Solaris OS x86 (Intel Pentium P4 1GHz / AMD Opteron 248 (/ Sun v20/40/60z)) 

6096 MB 

4196 MB or above 

Linux (Intel Pentium P4 1GHz / AMD Opteron 248 (/ Sun v20/40/60z)) 

6096 MB 

4196 MB or above 

The following table lists the disk installation and RAM requirements for the various components that comprise Java ES 2005Q4.

Table 4 Component Disk Installation Space and RAM Requirements

Component 

Minimum Disk Space for Installation 

RAM Requirements for Installation 

Access Manager 

512 MB disk space for Access Manager and associated applications  

512 MB RAM for initial testing. 1 GB for threads, Access Manager SDK, HTTP server, and other internals. 

Administration Server 

50 MB of disk space for binaries. By default, most binaries are in /usr. Administration Server requires no disk space provision for data and limited disk space provision for logs. By default, logs and databases are in /var/opt.

512 MB RAM 

Application Server 

with Sun Java System Studio: 500 MB of disk space  

512 MB RAM 

Calendar Server 

1 GB of disk space for production deployment or 500 MB for an evaluation  

256 MB to 1 GB of RAM for production or 128 MB RAM for an evaluation 

Directory Server 

200 MB of disk space for binaries. By default, most binaries are in /usr. 1.2 GB of disk space for logs and databases for an evaluation configuration. By default, logs and databases are in /var/opt. Add 4 GB for a sample production deployment with a maximum of 25,000 entries and no binaries attributes such as photos.

512 MB RAM 

Directory Proxy Server 

300 MB of disk space  

256 MB RAM 

Instant Messaging 

300 MB of disk space  

256 MB RAM 

Messaging Server 

1 GB for production deployment or 500 MB for evaluation installation;  

Adequate space for message store, database configuration directory, log files, depending upon your site size. 

1 GB RAM for productions systems or 256 MB RAM for evaluation installation. 

Message Queue 

30 MB of disk space  

256 MB RAM 

Portal Server, Portal Server SRA 

1 GB of disk space  

1.2 GB of RAM for production deployments or 512 MB for an evaluation. 

Service Registry 

50 MB of disk space minimum, but 120 MB is recommended.  

1 GB minimum of RAM, but 2 GB is recommended.  

Sun Cluster Software (per node) 

512 MB of disk space for swap space, 512 MB for a /globaldevices partition, and 20 MB for Volume Manager

128 MB of RAM plus ten percent of a node's regular memory requirement. 

Web Proxy Server 

512 MB of disk space  

512 MB RAM 

Web Server 

256 MB of disk space  

64 MB RAM 

For more information on disk space and RAM requirements, refer to the respective component release notes.