Distributed

Disk space requirements on distributed platforms

The storage requirements for IBM® MQ depend on which components you install, and how much working space you need.

Disk storage is required for the optional components you choose to install, including any prerequisite components they require. The total storage requirement also depends on the number of queues that you use, the number and size of the messages on the queues, and whether the messages are persistent. You also require archiving capacity on disk, tape, or other media, as well as space for your own application programs.

The following table shows the approximate disk space required when you install various combinations of the product on different platforms. (Values are rounded up to the nearest 5 MB, where a MB is 1,048,576 bytes.)

[IBMi]
Notes:
  1. On IBM i you cannot separate the native client from the server. The server figure in the table is for 5724H72*BASE without Java, together with the English Language Load (2924). There are 22 possible unique language loads.
  2. The figure in the table is for the native client 5725A49 *BASE without Java.
  3. Java and JMS classes can be added to both server and client bindings. If you want to include these features add 110 MB.
  4. Adding samples source to either the client or server adds an extra 10 MB.
  5. Adding samples to Java and JMS classes adds an extra 5 MB.
Platform Client installation 1 Server installation 2 IBM MQ MFT installation 3 Full installation 4
AIX® 145 MB 190 MB 705 MB 915 MB
HP-UX 225 MB 310 MB 1075 MB 1340 MB
IBM i 215 MB 450 MB 80 MB 655 MB
Linux® for System x (32 bit) 85 MB N/A N/A 120 MB
Linux for System x (64 bit) 125 MB 170 MB 575 MB 935 MB
[V8.0.0.2 Feb 2015]Linux on POWER® Systems - Little Endian [V8.0.0.2 Feb 2015]90 MB [V8.0.0.2 Feb 2015]125 MB [V8.0.0.2 Feb 2015]555 MB [V8.0.0.2 Feb 2015]620 MB

[V8.0.0.8 Nov 2017]645 MB
Linux on POWER Systems - Big Endian 130 MB 170 MB 565 MB 715 MB
Linux for IBM Z® 125 MB 160 MB 560 MB 665 MB
Solaris x86-64, AMD64, EM64T, and compatible processors 105 MB 5 150 MB 5 695 MB 860 MB
Solaris SPARC 105 MB 5 150 MB 5 680 MB 820 MB
Windows (32 bit install) 6 390 MB N/A N/A 475 MB
Windows (64 bit install) 6 445 MB 555 MB 710 MB 1005 MB

Usage notes

  1. A client installation includes the following components:
    • Runtime
    • Client
  2. A server installation includes the following components:
    • Runtime
    • Server
  3. An IBM MQ Managed File Transfer installation includes the following components:
    • IBM MQ Managed File Transfer Service, Logger, Agent, Tools, and Base components
    • Runtime
    • Server
    • Java
    • JRE
  4. A full installation includes all available components.
  5. [Solaris]On Solaris platforms you must install silently to get this combination of components.
  6. [Windows]Not all the components listed here are installable features on Windows systems; their functionality is sometimes included in other features. See IBM MQ features for Windows systems.