IBM InfoSphere DataStage

System requirements

These are minimum requirements. Minimum recommended configurations need to be evaluated and adjusted according to your unique requirements.

IBM InfoSphere DataStage 8.1

Operating System	Software	Hardware
AIX	AIX 5.3 and 6.1 Version 8.1 system requirements	Version 8.1 system requirements
HP-UX	HP-UX 11i v2 on Intel Itanium HP-UX 11i v3 on Intel Itanium HP-UX 11i v2 on PA-RISC HP-UX 11i v3 on PA-RISC Version 8.1 system requirements	Version 8.1 system requirements
Linux	Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 4 on AMD or Intel processors Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform on AMD or Intel processors Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform on IBM System z SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on AMD or Intel processors SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on IBM System z Version 8.1 system requirements	Version 8.1 system requirements
Solaris	Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 Version 8.1 system requirements	Version 8.1 system requirements
Windows	Client: Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Server: Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Version 8.1 system requirements	Version 8.1 system requirements

IBM InfoSphere DataStage Version 8.0

Operating System	Software	Hardware
AIX	AIX® Version 5.2, 5.3 See Version 8 system requirements for additional details.	Version 8 system requirements
HP-UX	HP-UX 11i v2 on Intel Itanium HP-UX 11i v2 on PA-RISC See Version 8 system requirements for additional details.	Version 8 system requirements
Linux	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on IBM System z Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4.0 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 on Intel x86 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for IBM zSeries® See Version 8 system requirements for additional details.	Version 8 system requirements
Solaris	Sun Solaris 9, and Solaris 10 See Version 8 system requirements for additional details.	Version 8 system requirements
Windows	Client: Microsoft Windows XP (SP 2), Windows Vista Server: Windows Server 2003 (SP1 and SP2) See Version 8 system requirements for additional details.	Version 8 system requirements

Client 7.5

Operating System	Software	Hardware
Windows XP Professional	Microsoft® Windows® 2000, XP Professional TCP/IP protocol configured access to QualityStage server	One machine with Intel® 32bit CPU 25 MB of RAM (Recommend 512 MB) 256 MB disk space

Server 7.5

Operating System	Software	Hardware
AIX	5.2, 5.3 XL C/C++ Enterprise Edition 7.0, 8.0 TCP/IP protocol configured between client accesses	512 MB RAM (Recommend 1 GB); 600 MB disk space
HP-UX	PA-Risc 11i (11.11) , 11iv2 (11.23) HP aC++ A.03.63 Itanium/Integrity: 11iv2 (11.23) HP Itanium C++ 6.0 TCP/IP protocol configured between client accesses	512 MB RAM (Recommend 1 GB); 600 MB disk space
Linux	Redhat enterprise ASE 2.1 gcc 3.23 TCP/IP protocol configured between client accesses SUSE ES (x86) Compiler: gcc 3.3.3 TCP/IP protocol configured between client accesses	512 MB RAM (Recommend 1 GB); 600 MB disk space
Solaris	2.9, 2.10 Sun Studio 9, 10, 11 TCP/IP protocol configured between client accesses	512 MB RAM (Recommend 1 GB); 600 MB disk space
Windows 2003	Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 Compiler: Visual Studio.NET 2003 C++, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 C++, or Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005 Express Edition C++ TCP/IP protocol configured between client accesses	512 MB RAM (Recommend 1 GB); 600 MB disk space

IBM InfoSphere DataStage MVS Edition

Operating System	Software	Hardware
OS/390	COBOL for OS/390 (V1.2.1) COBOL for OS/390 V2.2.0