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Specifications


OpenSolaris Specifications

System Requirements

  • • Platform: SPARC*, x86 and x64 platforms (32-bit or 64-bit).
  • • Memory: The minimum requirement is 512MB. Recommended size is 768MB.
  • • Disk space: Recommended size is 7GB. A minimum of 3GB is required.
  • * OpenSolaris is available for SPARC as an Automated Install image only. Sun4v and Sun4u based systems are supported with a OBP (Open Boot PROM) level of 4.17 or greater.

    A list of known platforms that are reported to work is available at the OpenSolaris Hardware Compatibility on BigAdmin.

    For an overview of OpenSolaris 2009.06, along with limitations of this release, please see the Getting Started with OpenSolaris 2009.06 guide.