You must install the correct operating system patches
required to run Sybase IQ. See the Sybase IQ Release Bulletin for
system requirements and lists of required patches.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 provides three ways to boot your system on Linux 32-bit versions. For the full benefits of Sybase IQ, install and boot your system with the hugemem kernel, which increases the process size and available memory for caches. For details, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS3 Release Notes.
There are no special patch requirements for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 64-bit versions.
Before you begin the installation process, make sure you have enough disk space and RAM for the installation.
To install and run Sybase IQ 12.6 on Linux, you need:
System Requirement |
Recommendation for Linux on x86, AMD64, or EM64T |
Recommendation for Linux on IBM POWER |
|---|---|---|
Disk space to install and run Sybase IQ |
304MB |
410MB |
Disk space to install Open Client Developer’s Kit 12.5.1 |
297MB |
430MB |
Disk space to install Sybase Central Java Edition 4.3 |
4MB |
2MB |
Disk space to install jConnect 5.5 |
17MB |
16MB |
Disk space to install jConnect 6.0 |
6MB |
17MB |
Disk space to install Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 |
68MB |
60MB |
Disk space for databases |
Site dependent |
Site dependent |
RAM |
At least 1GB dedicated to Sybase IQ |
At least 1GB dedicated to Sybase IQ |
Processor |
1GHz, either 1CPU or SMP |
1GHz, either 1CPU or SMP |
Table 1-2 lists
minimum requirements. Add more resources for larger numbers of active
users.
Sybase Central Java Edition is a graphical administration tool for managing certain Sybase products, including IQ databases. When you install Sybase IQ, you also install the Sybase IQ plug-in, which enables Sybase Central to manage IQ databases.
To install and run the Sybase IQ plug-in and Sybase Central Java Edition as a Linux client, you need:
System requirement |
Recommendation |
|---|---|
Processor |
Pentium 400 MHz or greater |
Disk space for Sybase Central Java Edition |
2MB free disk space |
RAM for Sybase Central Java Edition |
48MB |
Resolution |
800x600x256 |
The tables list minimum requirements. For larger numbers
of active users, you will need more resources.
