Informix Server System Requirements

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Abstract

This document describes the operating system requirements for the current releases of IBM® Informix® server.

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Last Modified: 16 June 2021

IBM Informix runs on most systems that have a UNIX, Linux, or Windows operating system, as well as the Mac OS X operating system.

Minimum disk space and memory requirements:

UNIX and Linux: 750 MB of disk space and 256 MB of memory.
Mac OS X: 750 MB of disk space and 512 MB of memory.
Windows: 600 MB of disk space and 256 MB of memory.

Many applications require substantially larger systems. Your IBM sales team can help optimize the hardware required for your application.

Related system requirements:

System requirements are listed by operating system (OS). In this document:

AIX
HP-UX Itanium
HP-UX PA-RISC
Linux - Intel
Linux - IBM POWER (Big Endian)
Linux - IBM POWER (Little Endian)
Linux - IBM Z
Mac OS X
Solaris SPARC
Solaris x64
Windows

Platform: IBM AIX

Required hardware: IBM POWER (System p, System i, POWER blades)

The version numbers are links to the appropriate Machine Notes, which contain important information about additional OS requirements.

The following codes are used in this table:

F = 64-bit
U = 32-bit

Operating System Version	Informix 14.10	Informix 12.10	Informix 11.70
AIX 6.1		12.10.FC14 Minimum TL 4, Service Pack 3	11.70.FC9 Minimum TL 4, Service Pack 3
AIX 7.1		12.10.FC14	11.70.FC9
AIX 7.2	14.10.FC6	12.10.FC14

Platform: HP-UX (Itanium)

Required hardware: Itanium

The version numbers are links to the appropriate Machine Notes, which contain important information about additional OS requirements.

The following code is used in this table:

F = 64-bit

Operating System Version	Informix 14.10	Informix 12.10	Informix 11.70
HP-UX 11.31	14.10.FC6	12.10.FC14	11.70.FC9

Platform: HP-UX (PA-RISC)

Required hardware: PA-RISC

The version numbers are links to the appropriate Machine Notes, which contain important information about additional OS requirements.

The following codes are used in this table:

F = 64-bit
H = 32-bit on HP PA-RISC 11.x and HP PA-RISC 11.x 64-bit

Operating System Version	Informix 14.10	Informix 12.10	Informix 11.70
HP-UX 11.11			11.70.FC9
HP-UX 11.23			11.70.FC9
HP-UX 11.31			11.70.FC9

Platform: Linux Intel

Required hardware: Intel x86, Intel Itanium, Intel EM64T, AMD64

The version numbers are links to the appropriate Machine Notes, which contain important information about additional OS requirements. For Developer Edition, you can view the machine notes in the product download before you install.

The following codes are used in this table:
F = 64-bit
U = 32-bit
RHEL = Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Platform: Linux - IBM POWER (Big Endian)

Required hardware: IBM POWER (System p, System i, POWER Blades)

The version numbers are links to the appropriate Machine Notes, which contain important information about additional OS requirements.

The following codes are used in this table:

F = 64-bit
RHEL: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Operating System Version	Informix 14.10	Informix 12.10	Informix 11.70
RHEL 5		12.10.FC14 Additional OS requirements: - Minimum update 3 - Base kernel version 2.6.18 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.5 - Compiler 4.1.2	11.70.FC9 Additional OS requirements: - Minimum update 3 - Base kernel version 2.6.18 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.5 - Compiler 4.1.2
RHEL 6		12.10.FC14 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 2.6.32 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.12 - Compiler 4.4.4	11.70.FC9 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 2.6.32 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.12 - Compiler 4.4.4
RHEL 7		12.10.FC14 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 3.10 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.17 - Compiler 4.8.2
SuSE SLES 11		12.10.FC14 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 2.6.27 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.9 - Compiler 4.3.3	11.70.FC9 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 2.6.27 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.9 - Compiler 4.3.3

Platform: Linux - IBM POWER (Little Endian)

Required hardware: IBM POWER8® for ppc64le

The version numbers are links to the appropriate Machine Notes, which contain important information about additional OS requirements.

The following codes are used in this table:
F = 64-bit
RHEL: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Operating System Version	Informix 14.10	Informix 12.10	Informix 11.70
RHEL 7	14.10.FC6 Additional OS requirements: - Minimum update 4 - Base kernel version 3.10.0 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.17 - Compiler 4.8.5	12.10.FC14 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 3.10 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.17 - Compiler 4.8.3
SuSE SLES 12	14.10.FC6 Additional OS requirements: - Minimum service pack 3 - Base kernel version 4.4.73 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.22 - Compiler 4.8.5	12.10.FC14 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 3.12.28 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.19 - Compiler 4.8.3
SuSE SLES 15	14.10.FC6 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 4.12.14 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.26 - Compiler 7.3.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS		12.10.FC14 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 3.16.0 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.19 - Compiler 4.8.4

Platform: Linux - IBM Z

Required hardware: IBM eServer z Systems

The version numbers are links to the appropriate Machine Notes, which contain important information about additional OS requirements.

The following codes are used in this table:
F = 64-bit
RHEL: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Operating System Version	Informix 14.10	Informix 12.10	Informix 11.70
RHEL 5		12.10.FC14 Additional OS requirements: - Minimum update 3 - Base kernel version 2.6.18 - <code>Glibc</code>c version 2.5 - Compiler 4.1.2	11.70.FC9 Additional OS requirements: - Minimum update 3 - Base kernel version 2.6.18 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.5 - Compiler 4.1.2
RHEL 6		12.10.FC14 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 2.6.32 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.12 - Compiler 4.4.4	11.70.FC9 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 2.6.32 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.12 - Compiler 4.4.4
RHEL 7	14.10.FC6 Additional OS Requirements: - Minimum update 4 - Base kernel version 3.10.0 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.22 - Compiler 4.8.5	12.10.FC14 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 3.10.0 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.17 - Compiler 4.8.2
SuSE SLES 11		12.10.FC14 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 2.6.27 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.9 - Compiler 4.3.3	11.70.FC9 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 2.6.27 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.9 - Compiler 4.3.3
SuSE SLES 12	14.10.FC6 Additional OS Requirements: - Minimum service pack 3 - Base kernel version 4.4.73 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.22 - Compiler 4.8.5	12.10.FC14 Additional OS requirements: - Base kernel version 3.12.28 - <code>Glibc</code> version 2.19 - Compiler 4.8.3

Platform: Mac OS X

Required hardware: Intel EM64T

The version numbers are links to the appropriate Machine Notes, which contain important information about additional OS requirements.

The following code is used in this table:

F = 64-bit

Operating System Version	Informix 14.10	Informix 12.10	Informix 11.70
Mac OS X 10.5.2 "Leopard"			11.70.FC4
Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard"			11.70.FC4
Mac OS X 10.9 "Mavericks"		12.10.FC14
Mac OS X 10.10 "Yosemite"		12.10.FC14

Platform: Solaris SPARC

Required hardware: SPARC
Informix is supported with or without Zones. For more information about Zones, see this PDF .

The version numbers are links to the appropriate Machine Notes, which contain important information about additional OS requirements.

The following codes are used in this table:

F = 64-bit
U = 32-bit

Operating System Version	Informix 14.10	Informix 12.10	Informix 11.70
Solaris 10		12.10.FC14 Minimum update 8 is required	11.70.FC9 Minimum update 6 is required
Solaris 11	14.10.FC6 Minimum update 3 is required	12.10.FC14	11.70.FC9

Platform: Solaris x64

Required hardware: AMD AMD64, Intel EM64T
Informix is supported with or without Zones. For more information about Zones, see this PDF .

The version numbers are links to the appropriate Machine Notes, which contain important information about additional OS requirements.

The following code is used in this table:

F = 64-bit

Operating System Version	Informix 14.10	Informix 12.10	Informix 11.70
Solaris 10		12.10.FC14 Minimum update 8 is required	11.70.FC9 Minimum update 6 is required
Solaris 11		12.10.FC14	11.70.FC9

Platform: Windows

Required hardware: Intel x86, x64 (AMD AMD64, Intel EM64T)

The version numbers are links to the appropriate Machine Notes, which contain important information about additional OS requirements.

The following codes are used in this table:
T = 32-bit on Windows platforms
F = 64 bit on x64 (AMD AMD64, Intel EM64T)

Operating System Version	Informix 14.10	Informix 12.10	Informix 11.70
Windows 10	14.10.FC6	12.10.FC14
Windows 8		12.10.TC14 12.10.FC14
Windows 7		12.10.TC14 12.10.FC14	11.70.TC9 11.70.FC9
Windows Vista		12.10.TC7 12.10.FC8	11.70.TC8 11.70.FC8
Windows XP		12.10.TC5 12.10.FC5 Service pack 2 required	11.70.TC8 11.70.FC8
Windows 2016	14.10.FC6	12.10.TC14 12.10.FC14
Windows 2019	14.10.FC6
Windows 2012 R2		12.10.TC14 12.10.FC14
Windows 2012		12.10.TC14 12.10.FC14
Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit)		12.10.TC14 12.10.FC14	11.70.TC9 11.70.FC9
Windows 2008		12.10.TC7 12.10.FC7	11.70.TC9 11.70.FC9
Windows 2003		12.10.TC5 12.10.FC5 Service pack 2 required	11.70.TC9 11.70.FC9

Copyright Date

2020

Related Information

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Informix Server 11.50 End of Support: 30 April 2018

Informix Server 11.10 End of Support: 30 September 2012

Informix Server 10.00 End of Support: 30 September 2010

Informix Server 9.40 End of Support: 30 April 2009

Informix Server 7.31 End of Support: 30 September 2009

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