WebSphere Application Server
Hardware Requirements
For the list of supported Operating Systems, please see the Software Requirements page.
WebSphere Application Server 6.0
For AIX:
- pSeries/iSeries at 375 MHz or faster
- Minimum 970 MB free disk space for installation (includes SDK)
- Minimum 512 MB physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
For HP-UX:
- PA-RISC at 440 MHz or faster
- Minimum 1100 MB free disk space for installation (includes SDK)
- Minimum 512 MB physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
For Linux on x86:
- AMD Opteron, Intel Pentium at 500 MHz or faster, or Intel EM64T (32-bit kernel support only)
- Minimum 995 MB free disk space for installation (includes SDK)
- Minimum 512 MB of physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
For Linux on S/390 and zSeries:
- G5, G6, or MP3000 processors (31-bit kernel support only, supported for
certain Linux distributions only)
- zSeries processors (31-bit kernel support, supported for certain Linux
distributions only, or 64-bit kernel support)
(For details on which Linux distributions are supported with 31-bit or
64-bit kernels, please see the Software Requirements page.)
- Minimum 995 MB free disk space for installation
- Minimum 512 MB of physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
For Linux on iSeries:
- iSeries Models that support LPAR (64-bit kernel support only) with minimum
of 450 CPW in Linux partition
- Minimum 16 GB free disk space for the OS/400 partition, and 2.5 GB minimum
for the Linux partition
- Minimum 512 MB of physical memory; 1 GB recommended for the OS/400 partition
- Minimum 512 MB of physical memory for the Linux partition
- CD-ROM drive
For Linux on pSeries:
- pSeries Models that support Linux (64-bit kernel support only)
- Minimum 995 MB free disk space for installation
- Minimum 512 MB of physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
For OS/400 and i5/OS:
- AS/400e server 170 with processor feature 2385 or
- AS/400e server 720 with processor feature 2062 or
- iSeries Model 270 with processor feature 2252 or
- iSeries Model 800 with processor feature 2464 or
- iSeries Model 820 with one of these processor features 2395, 2396, 2427, 2458 or
- iSeries Models 520, 570, 810, 825, 830, 840, 870, 890
- For simple websphere applications using JSP and servlets, the minimum recommended
processor CPW is 300
- For simple websphere applications using Enterprise Java beans, the minimum
recommended processor CPW is 450
- Minimum 1200 MB free disk space for installation
- Minimum 768 MB physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- 2MB Level 2 Cache
For Solaris:
- Solaris compatible SPARC processor at 440 MHz, or faster
- Minimum 1000 MB free disk space for installation (includes SDK)
- Minimum 512 MB physical memory; 1GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
For Windows 2000 and 2003:
- AMD Opteron, Intel Pentium at 500 MHz or faster, or Intel EM64T (32-bit Operating System support only)
- Minimum 990 MB free disk space for installation (includes SDK)
- Minimum 512 MB physical memory; 1 GB recommended
- CD-ROM drive
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