3.SQLDeveloper REQUIREMENTS

1. SQL Developer System Recommendations

This section describes the recommended minimum values for CPU, memory, display, disk storage, and other resources on the supported systems.

Table 1-1 Recommendations for Windows Systems

Resource	Recommended Minimum Value
Operating System	Windows 2000-Service Pack 4 Windows XP-Service Pack 2 Windows 2003 R2
CPU Type and Speed	Pentium IV 2 GHz MHz or faster
Memory	1 GB RAM
Display	65536 colors, set to at least 1024 X 768 resolution
Hard Drive Space	42 MB if you already have JDK 1.5 110 MB if you do not have JDK 1.5
Java SDK	JDK 5.0 Update 6 or later for Windows, available at: http://www.javasoft.com (If you do not have this SDK installed, you can use SQL Developer, but you must download and install the kit for Windows systems with no Java SDK or with a Sun Java SDK release lower than 5.0.)

Table 1-2 Recommendations for Linux Systems

Resource	Recommended Minimum Value
Operating System	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 Fedora Core 4
CPU Type and Speed	Pentium IV 2 GHz or faster
Memory	1 GB RAM
Display	65536 colors, set to at least 1024 X 768 resolution
Hard Drive Space	110 MB
Java SDK	JDK 5.0 Update 6 or later for Linux, available at: http://www.javasoft.com

Table 1-3 Recommendations for Mac OS X Systems

Resource	Recommended Minimum Value
Operating System	Apple Mac OS X Version 10.4.x
CPU Type and Speed	Dual 1.25 GHz G4/G5 (1 GHz G4 minimum)
Memory	1.5 GB RAM (1 GB minimum)
Display	"Thousands" of colors
Hard Drive Space	110 MB
Java SDK	Sun J2SE 1.5 release 1, available at: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/java2se50release1.html