Solaris 9 Operating System - System Requirements

System Requirements

Platform Support
  • SPARC 32- and 64-bit platforms
  • x86 (32-bit)platforms
  • AMD Opteron platforms
Disk space
  • 600 MB for desktops; 1 GB for servers
Memory
  • 64 MB minimum (128 MB recommended)
Supported Systems

Visit the Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) to determine requirements for x86 systems.

For Sun SPARC systems, in general, the Solaris 8 and 9 Operating Systems run on the same Sun systems as the Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6 and 7 Operating Systems, with the exception of 600MP, SPARCstation Voyager, and SPARCstation 1/1+/2/IPC/IPX/ELC/SLC systems. In addition, the Solaris 9 OS does not run on SPARCcenter 2000 or SPARCserver 1000 systems.