System Requirements and Recommendations
Table 4-1 Memory, Swap, and Processor Recommendations
Requirement Type |
Size |
|---|
Memory to install or upgrade |
Note - Some optional installation features are enabled only
when sufficient memory is present. For example, if your system has insufficient memory
and you install from a DVD, you install through the Solaris installation program
's text installer, not through the GUI. For more information about these memory
requirements, see Table 4-2.
|
Swap area |
512 MB is the default size.
Note - You might need to customize
the swap space. Swap space is based on the size of the system's
hard disk.
|
Processor requirements |
|
You can choose to install the software with a GUI or with
or without a windowing environment. If there is sufficient memory, the GUI is
displayed by default. Other environments are displayed by default if memory is insufficient for
the GUI. You can override defaults with the nowin or text boot
options. But, you are limited by the amount of memory in your system
or by installing remotely. Also if the Solaris installation program does not detect
a video adapter, it automatically displays in a console-based environment. Table 4-2 describes these environments
and lists minimal memory requirements for displaying them.
Table 4-2 Memory Requirements for Display Options
Memory |
Type of Installation |
Description |
|---|
SPARC: 64–511 MB x86: 256–511 MB
|
Text-based |
Contains no
graphics, but provides a window and the ability to open other windows. If
you install by using the text boot option and the system has enough
memory, you are installing in a windowing environment. If you are installing remotely
through a tip line or using the nowin boot option, you are limited
to the console-based installation. |
SPARC: 512 MB or greater x86: 512 MB
|
GUI-based |
Provides windows, pull-down menus, buttons, scrollbars, and iconic images. |
