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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: 03 Aug 2023

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:


For more information about the server system requirements, see the following machine notes:


Platform: IBM AIX

Hardware: IBM POWER (System p, System i, POWER blades)
Note: 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 7.1
12.10.FC16
(AIX 7.1 TL3 7100-03)
 11.70.FC9
AIX 7.2 14.10.FC10 12.10.FC16
(7200-00)
AIX 7.3 14.10.FC10



Platform: HP-UX (Itanium)

Hardware: Itanium
Note: 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.FC10 12.10.FC16 11.70.FC9


Platform: HP-UX (PA-RISC)

Hardware: PA-RISC
Note: 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 11.23 11.70.FC9
HP-UX 11.31 11.70.FC9



Platform: Linux Intel

Hardware: Intel x86, Intel Itanium, Intel EM64T, AMD64
Note: The following codes are used in this table:
F = 64-bit
U = 32-bit
RHEL = Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Operating System Version Informix 14.10 Informix 12.10 Informix 11.70
RHEL 7 SR4 FP10
14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements: 
- Minimum update 4
- Base kernel version 3.10.0
- Glibc version 2.17
- Compiler 4.8.5
Standard C++ library, 
libstdc++.so.6, 
must be installed
12.10.FC15
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 3.10
- Glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.2
Standard C++ library, 
libstdc++.so.6, 
must be installed
RHEL 8
14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.18.0
- Glibc version 2.28
- Compiler 8.2.1
12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.18.0
- Glibc version 2.28
- Compiler 8.2.1
RHEL 9
14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 5.14.0
- Glibc version 2.34
- Compiler 11.3.1
** Additional libraries requirement below
AlmaLinux 8 14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.18.0
- Glibc version 2.28
- Compiler 8.2.1
AlmaLinux 9.1 14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 5.14.0
- Glibc version 2.34
- Compiler 11.3.1
** Additional libraries requirement below
Rocky Linux 8 Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.18.0
- Glibc version 2.28
- Compiler 8.2.1
Rocky Linux 9.1 14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 5.14.0
- Glibc version 2.34
- Compiler 11.3.1
** Additional libraries requirement below
CentOS 6 11.70.UC9
11.70.FC9
More OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 2.6.32​
- glibc version ​2.12
- Compiler 4.4.4
CentOS 7 14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum update 4
- Base kernel version 3.10.0
- Glibc version 2.17
- Compiler 4.8.5		 12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 3.10
- Glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.2
SuSE SLES 11 11.70.UC9
11.70.FC9
More OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​2.6.27
- glibc version ​2.9
- Compiler 4.3.3
SuSE SLES 12
14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum service pack 3
- Base kernel version 4.4.73
- Glibc version 2.22
- Compiler 4.8.5
 12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 3.12.28
- Glibc version ​2.19
- Compiler 4.8.3
SuSE SLES 15 14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum service pack 4
- Base kernel version 4.12.14
- Glibc version 2.31
- Compiler 7.5		 12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.12.14
- Glibc version 2.26
- Compiler 7.3.1
Asianux 3.0 12.10.UC16
12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum service pack 3
- Base kernel version ​2.6.18
- Glibc version ​2.5
- Compiler 4.1.2		 11.70.UC9
11.70.FC9
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum service pack 3
- Base kernel version ​2.6.18
- Glibc version ​2.5
- Compiler 4.1.2
Debian 5.0 12.10.UC16
12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​2.6.26
- Glibc version ​2.7
- Compiler 4.3.2		 11.70.UC9
11.70.FC9
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​2.6.26
- Glibc version ​2.7
- Compiler 4.3.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.15
- Glibc version 2.27
- Compiler 7.5
- libgcc 7.5.0
- libstdc++6 7.50
- libncurses5 6.1
- libpam 1.1.8
- libelf1-0.170-0
 12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​4.15
- Glibc version 2.27
- Compiler 7.5
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 5.4
- Glibc version 2.31
- Compiler 9.3
- libgcc 7.5.0
- libstdc++6 7.50
- libncurses5 6.1
- libpam 1.1.8
- libelf1-0.170-0
 12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​5.4
- Glibc version 2.31
- Compiler 9.3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 5.15
- Glibc version 2.35
- Compiler 11.3

** Following system libraries are needed for IBM Informix Dynamic Server version 14.10.FC9 and greater to run on Red Hat Linux 9. Higher versions of same libraries are installed on Red Hat Linux 9. As a workaround, symbolic links to those libraries need to be created.

     Libraries needed for IDS:
        libncurses.so.5
        libtinfo.so.5

     Libraries installed on Red Hat Linux 9:
        libncurses.so.6
        libtinfo.so.6

      Workaround:
             Run following commands as root user from /usr/lib64 directory.
                   ln -s libncurses.so.6 libncurses.so.5

                   ln -s libtinfo.so.6 libtinfo.so.5



Platform: Linux - IBM POWER (Big Endian)

Hardware: IBM POWER (System p, System i, POWER Blades)
Note: 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 SR4 FP10 12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 3.10
- Glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.2
Standard C++ library, libstdc++.so.6, must be installed


Platform: Linux - IBM POWER (Little Endian)

Hardware: IBM POWER8® for ppc64le
Note: 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 SR4 FP10
14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum update 4
- Base kernel version 3.10.0
- Glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.5
12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 3.10
- Glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.3
Standard C++ library, libstdc++.so.6, must be installed.
Power 8 or later
RHEL 8
14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum update 7
- Base kernel version 4.18
- Glibc version ​2.28
- Compiler 8.5.0 
SuSE SLES 12
14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Minimum service pack 3
- Base kernel version 4.4.73 
- Glibc version 2.22
- Compiler 4.8.5
 12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​3.12.28
- Glibc version ​2.19
- Compiler 4.8.3
Standard C++ library, libstdc++.so.6, must be installed.
Power 8 or later
SuSE SLES 15

14.10.FC10
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 4.12.14
- Glibc version 2.26
- Compiler 7.3.1


Platform: Linux - IBM Z

Hardware: IBM eServer z Systems
Note: 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 SR4 FP10
14.10.FC10
Additional OS Requirements:
- Minimum update 4
- Base kernel version 3.10.0
- Glibc version 2.22
- Compiler 4.8.5
 12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version 3.10.0
- Glibc version ​2.17
- Compiler 4.8.2
Standard C++ library, libstdc++.so.6, must be installed.
SuSE SLES 12
14.10.FC10
Additional OS Requirements:
- Minimum service pack 3
- Base kernel version 4.4.73
- Glibc version 2.22
- Compiler 4.8.5
 12.10.FC16
Additional OS requirements:
- Base kernel version ​3.12.28
- Glibc version ​2.19
- Compiler 4.8.3
Standard C++ library, libstdc++.so.6, must be installed.


Platform: Mac OS X

Hardware: Intel EM64T
Note: 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 10.10 "Yosemite"


Platform: Solaris SPARC

Hardware: SPARC
Informix is supported with or without Zones. For more information about Zones, see this PDF .
Note: The following codes are used in this table:
F = 64-bit
U = 32-bit (Clients, Customer must provide their own Java)
Prerequisite: IBM is not supplying 32-bit Java 8.
Customers must supply their own Java 8 to install the 32-bit product.

Operating System Version Informix 14.10 Informix 12.10 Informix 11.70
Solaris 10 12.10.FC16
Minimum update 8 is required		 11.70.FC9
Minimum update 6 is required
Solaris 11 14.10.FC10
Minimum update 3 is required		 12.10.FC16 11.70.FC9



Platform: Solaris x64

Hardware: AMD AMD64, Intel EM64T
Informix is supported with or without Zones. For more information about Zones, see this PDF .
Note: 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.FC16
Minimum update 8 is required		 11.70.FC9
Minimum update 6 is required
Solaris 11 12.10.FC16 11.70.FC9



Platform: Windows

Hardware: Intel x86, x64 (AMD AMD64, Intel EM64T)
Note: 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 (SR1 FP10) 14.10.FC10 12.10.FC16
Windows 2016 (SR4) 14.10.FC10 12.10.TC16
12.10.FC16
Windows 2019 (SR5 SP35) 14.10.FC10

Copyright Date

2023

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