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ArcInfo Workstation 9.3 System Requirements
Table of Contents
Supported Operating Systems
Hardware Requirements
Software Requirements
Supported Relational Database Management Systems
Related ESRI Materials
Supported Operating Systems 
| Supported Operating System |
Minimum
Version |
Maximum
Version |
Limitations |
| HP-UX 11.i PA-RISC |
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HP-UX PA-RISC Requirements |
| IBM AIX 5.3 |
TL7 |
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IBM AIX Requirements |
| Sun Solaris 9 (SPARC) |
Maintenance Update 3 |
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Sun Solaris Requirements |
| Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC) |
Maintenance Update 4 (8/07) or higher |
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Sun Solaris Requirements |
| Windows 2000 Professional |
SP4 |
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| Windows 2003 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter |
SP1 |
SP2 |
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| Windows 2003 (64-bit (EM64T)) Server Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter |
SP1 |
SP2 |
64-bit processors support |
| Windows 2003 Server Terminal Services |
SP1 |
SP2 |
Support for Windows Terminal Server (WTS) and Citrix MetaFrame |
| Windows 2008 (32-bit) Server Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter |
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| Windows 2008 (64-bit (EM64T)) Server Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter |
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64-bit processors support |
| Windows 7 (32-bit) Ultimate, Professional, Home Premium |
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| Windows 7 (64-bit (EM64T)) Ultimate, Professional, Home Premium |
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| Windows Vista (32-bit) Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium |
SP1 |
SP2 |
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| Windows Vista (64-bit (EM64T)) Ultimate, Enterprise, Business, Home Premium |
SP1 |
SP2 |
64-bit processors support |
| Windows XP (32-bit) Professional Edition, Home Edition |
SP2 |
SP3 |
Windows XP SP2, SP3 Limitations |
| Windows XP (64-bit (EM64T)) Professional Edition, Home Edition |
SP2 |
SP3 |
Windows XP SP2, SP3 Limitations 64-bit processors support |
Hardware Requirements 
| |
ArcInfo Workstation Windows |
ArcInfo Workstation HP-UX PA-RISC |
ArcInfo Workstation IBM AIX |
ArcInfo Workstation Solaris |
| CPU Speed |
1.6 GHz recommended or higher |
1.6 GHz recommended or higher |
1.6 GHz recommended or higher |
1.6 GHz recommended or higher |
| Processor |
Intel Core Duo, Pentium 4 or Xeon Processors |
HP- PA-RISC |
IBM POWER Architecture |
UltraSPARC II, IIi, IIe minimum |
| Memory/RAM |
128 MB minimum, 256 MB recommended or higher |
128 MB minimum, 256 MB recommended or higher |
128 MB minimum, 256 MB recommended or higher |
128 MB minimum, 256 MB recommended or higher |
| Display Properties |
24 bit color depth |
24 bit color depth |
24 bit color depth |
24 bit color depth |
| Screen Resolution |
1024 x 768 recommended or higher at Normal size (96dpi) |
1024 x 768 recommended or higher at Normal size (96dpi) |
1024 x 768 recommended or higher at Normal size (96dpi) |
1024 x 768 recommended or higher at Normal size (96dpi) |
| Swap Space |
Determined by the operating system, 500 MB minimum. |
- 256 MB minimum swap space for RAM configurations between 32 MB and 128 MB inclusively (may vary with installation)
- 2X amount of RAM MB minimum for RAM configurations above 128 MB and up to and including 1024 MB (may vary with installation)
- 1X amount of RAM MB minimum for RAM configurations above 1024 MB (may vary with installation)
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- 256 MB minimum swap space for RAM configurations between 32 MB and 128 MB inclusively (may vary with installation)
- 2X amount of RAM MB minimum for RAM configurations above 128 MB and up to and including 1024 MB (may vary with installation)
- 1X amount of RAM MB minimum for RAM configurations above 1024 MB (may vary with installation)
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- 256 MB minimum swap space for RAM configurations between 32 MB and 128 MB inclusively (may vary with installation)
- 2X amount of RAM MB minimum for RAM configurations above 128 MB and up to and including 1024 MB (may vary with installation)
- 1X amount of RAM MB minimum for RAM configurations above 1024 MB (may vary with installation)
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| Disk Space |
820 MB
An additional 100 MB is required for all samples.
In addition, up to 50 MB of disk space maybe needed in the Windows System directory (typically C:\Windows\System32). You can view the disk space requirement for each of the 9.3 components in the Setup program. |
450 MB
Core Only: 350 MB
An additional 100 MB is required for all samples. |
475 MB
Core Only: 410 MB
An additional 100 MB is required for all samples. |
770 MB
Core Only: 625 MB
An additional 100 MB is required for all samples. |
| Window System |
Not Applicable |
CDE or HP VUE |
AIX Motif, AIX CDE or AIX Desktop |
CDE or Open Windows |
| Media Player |
DVD-ROM drive is required to install the application. |
DVD-ROM drive is required to install the application. |
DVD-ROM drive is required to install the application. |
DVD-ROM drive is required to install the application. |
Software Requirements 
Printer Support
Windows
ArcGIS supports printing to any Microsoft certified Windows printer using the native driver in ArcGIS. Please note that some printer drivers do not support complex maps and the ArcPress printer driver or additional hardware may be needed for these complex maps.
- ESRI recommends the following configuration when printing large maps with the ArcPress printer drivers:
- Pagefile system size of 4096 MB is recommended. ArcPress depends on being able to acquire potentially large contiguous blocks of memory to process a map. The windows limit is 2048 MB and by having a pagefile.sys file of at least twice that size helps ensure that other applications running and using the pagefile system will not introduce an unexpected limit for the ArcPress printer driver.
- Pagefile system should be stored on a dedicated partition or, if possible, a dedicated drive. This will prevent the file from becoming fragmented and diminishing ArcPress's ability to acquire contiguous blocks of memory.
- If large complex maps do not print, then reboot the computer to ensure the pagefile system is cleared. If the pagefile system is not a dedicated drive or partition, make sure that drive does not need to be defragmented.
- Disk Space: at least 10 GB of free space is required on the drive where %TEMP% is located, as potentially large temporary files will be written there while ArcPress is processing a map for printing.
UNIX
Please note that some printer drivers do not support complex maps and the ArcPress printer driver or additional hardware may be needed for these complex maps.
Supported Relational Database Management Systems 
ArcStorm Supported Databases
| Windows |
HP-UX PA-RISC |
IBM AIX |
Solaris |
- INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server CSDK 3.00.TC2
- Oracle 9i (32 bit) 9.2.0.3.0
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- INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server CSDK 3.00.HC2
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- INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server CSDK 3.00.UC2
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- INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server CSDK 3.00.UC2
- Oracle 9i (32 bit) 9.2.0.3.0
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Database Integrator (DBI) Supported Databases
| Windows |
HP-UX PA-RISC |
IBM AIX |
Solaris |
- INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server CSDK 3.00.TC2
- Oracle 9i (32 bit) 9.2.0.3.0
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- INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server CSDK 3.00.HC2
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- INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server CSDK 3.00.UC2
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- INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server CSDK 3.00.UC2
- Oracle 9i (32 bit) 9.2.0.3.0
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Related ESRI Materials 
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