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System requirements for DB2 UDB Version 8

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Abstract
The system requirements for DB2® Universal Database™ (DB2 UDB) Version 8 provide information about the operating system, software and hardware prerequisites.
 
 
Content
Note that the information in this table is more up-to-date than the corresponding installation requirement topics in the DB2 UDB Version 8 information center.
Operating system
Operating system requirements
Hardware requirements
Software requirements
AIX®DB2 UDB for AIX operating system prerequisitespSeries® systems based on POWER 3™ or higher processors are supported. eServer™ i5 and p5 systems are supported, as well as System i™ and System p™. Refer to installation requirements for:
HP-UXDB2 UDB for HP-UX operating system prerequisitesEither a PA-RISC CPU or an Itanium CPU is requiredRefer to installation requirements for:
Linux®DB2 UDB for Linux operating system prerequisites
  • x86 requires Intel® Pentium 4 or higher, Intel Xeon, or AMD Athlon based systems
  • x86-64 requires Intel EM64T or AMD64 based systems
  • POWER requires IBM® eServer OpenPower™, iSeries™, or pSeries® systems that support Linux
  • IA64 requires Intel Itanium 2 based systems
  • OS/390® and zSeries® require OS/390 and zSeries systems that support Linux
Refer to installation requirements for:
Solaris Operating Environment DB2 UDB for Solaris operating system prerequisitesAn UltraSPARC or x86-64 CPU is required.Refer to installation requirements for:
Windows NT®, Windows® 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP ProfessionalDB2 UDB for Microsoft® Windows operating system prerequisites
  • x86 requires Intel Pentium 4 or higher, Intel Xeon, or AMD Athlon based systems
  • x86-64 requires Intel EM64T or AMD64 based systems
  • IA64 requires Intel Itanium-based systems
Refer to installation requirements for:
 
Related information
Known issues for DB2 UDB on AIX
Known issues for DB2 on Solaris
Known issues for DB2 on HP-UX
Announcement Letter: IBM DB2 Version 8.2
System requirements for DB2 Connect Version 8
Installation requirements for DB2 Version 9
Installation requirements for DB2 Version 9.5
DB2 UDB Version 8 End of Support
 
 
 

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Document information
 Product categories:
 Software
 Data Management
 Data Servers (Database Management Systems)
 DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
 Operating system(s):
  AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
 Software version:
  8
 Software edition:
  Enterprise Server, Express, Personal, Personal Developer's, Workgroup Server
 Reference #:
  7009527
 IBM Group:
 Software Group
 Modified date:
 2008-05-26

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