Hardware and software requirements

The following table shows the minimum system requirements for the UNIX-based platforms.

Hardware and software requirements for Oracle are described in Chapter 6, “Installing DirectConnect for Oracle.”

**Table 4-2: System requirements for UNIX platforms**
Item	HP 9000(8xx)	RS/6000 AIX	Sun Solaris
CPU	An HP 9000/800	An IBM RISC System/6000	A Sun Solaris (SPARC) system
RAM	Minimum of 64MB	Minimum of 64MB	Minimum of 64MB
Storage	A minimum of 300MB, plus at least 500KB for each locale you plan to support.	Minimum of 300MB, plus at least 500KB for each locale you plan to support	Minimum of 300MB, plus at least 500KB for each locale you plan to support
Software requirements, by product
All DirectConnect products	Production release of HP 9000/800 and 900 HP-UX 11.23	Production release of AIX 5.3	Production release of Sun Solaris 2.9
DirectConnect for ODBC	ODBC 3.5-compliant driver to access the targeted database, on the same platform where you are using DirectConnect for ODBC	ODBC 3.5-compliant driver to access the targeted database, on the same platform where you are using DirectConnect for ODBC	ODBC 3.5-compliant driver to access the targeted database, on the same platform where you are using DirectConnect for ODBC
DirectConnect for DB2 UDB	Only TCP/IP connectivity is currently supported to DB2 UDB on UNIX platforms.