Supported operating systems

The Endeca software supports the following 64-bit operating systems running on servers with x64 or SPARC processor capabilities:

Platform Description
LINUX RHEL 4

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (version 4 for x64) running on x64 processors.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (version 4 for x64) running on x64 processors.

For best performance on Red Hat Linux version 4 (ES and AS), Endeca recommends version 4.6.

If you are using RHEL 4 and the virtual address size of your Dgraph processes exceeds available RAM, it is recommended that you upgrade to the latest version of RHEL 5 to avoid known problems with RHEL 4 performance in this scenario.

Endeca also recommends upgrading to the latest version of RHEL5 if you are indexing large data sets.

LINUX RHEL 5

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (version 5 for x64) running on x64 processors.

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform (version 5 for x64) running on x64 processors.

For best performance on Red Hat Linux version 5 (Server and Advanced), Endeca recommends the latest version of RHEL 5.

Windows 2003
  • Windows Server 2003 x64 running on x64 processors.

    For best performance on Windows Server 2003, Endeca recommends the Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2.

Windows 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 running on x64 processors.

    The Endeca software requires Enterprise Edition R2 or higher.

Note: Windows 7 is not supported for production deployment, but operates sufficiently to enable training and small-scale development work. Developers who use Windows 7 may select either a per-machine installation, which requires administrative rights, or a per-user installation, which does not require administrative rights but has reduced capabilities.
Solaris

Solaris 10 running on 64-bit SPARC processors.

For best performance on SPARC Solaris version 10, Endeca recommends Solaris 10 Update 5.

Note: 32-bit versions of any operating systems are not supported by the MDEX Engine in any environment. Starting with version 6.x release of the MDEX Engine, only 64-bit based hardware and operating systems platforms are supported. Beyond upgrading to 64-bit platforms, no change to the deployment methodology or existing technical artifacts (ITL pipelines, application code, etc) is required related to this topic.