Microsoft Windows Vista, Business and Enterprise Editions, SP1
32 bit
+
+
Microsoft Windows Server 2008**
64 bit
+
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 4.0, Updates 4-7
32 bit
+
+
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 4.0, Updates 4-7**
64 bit
+
+
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Retail, Updates 1-2
64 bit
+
+
+
SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10 (SP2)**
64 bit
+
+
Note the following:
* To install the 64 bit Pipeline Pilot server, use the Pipeline Pilot installer.
** Although you can install the 64 bit server on these operating systems, the 32 bit binaries are used. 64 bit binaries are supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Processor and RAM Requirements
Processor: An Intel-compatible ≥2 GHz with x86 or x86_64 architecture is required.
RAM: A minimum of 2 GB of memory
for Discovery Studio Client and 2 GB for the Pipeline Pilot Server. Ideally, a total of 4 GB should be available if the client and server are installed on the same machine.
Disk Space Requirements
Basic Installation
Module
Windows
32 bit Linux
64 bit Linux
Discovery Studio Client
500 MB
900 MB
N/A
Pipeline Pilot with DS Component Collections
2.8 GB
3.5 GB
4.4 GB
License Pack
105 MB
200 MB
N/A
Total
3.4 GB
4.6 GB
4.4 GB
Additional Modules
Additional space is required if you plan to install the standalone applications separately and/or need to install Blast and Modeler databases for Protein Modeling and Sequence Analysis.
Module
Windows
32 bit Linux
64 bit Linux
Standalone Applications
500 MB
800 MB
N/A
BLAST Database
8.7 GB
8.7 GB
N/A
Modeler Database
23.1 GB
23.1 GB
N/A
Supported Graphics Cards
The following graphics cards are supported. Cards that are certified have been validated with Discovery Studio. Non-certified cards are expected to work with Discovery Studio, but have not been tested. See Supported Graphics Card Drivers below for a list of supported drivers.
Note: Some ATI drivers are known to have problems when DS is run as an administrator (root).
Graphics Card
Performance
Certified
Stereo Support
ATI FireGL V3600
basic
+
ATI FireGL V5600
mod
+
ATI FireGL V7600
high
+
+
ATI FireGL V7700
high
+
ATI FireGL V8600
ultra high
+
ATI FirePro V3700
basic
+
ATI FirePro V3750
basic
ATI FirePro V5700
mid
+
ATI FirePro V7750
high
ATI FirePro V8700
high
+
+
NVIDIA Quadro FX370
basic
NVIDIA Quadro FX380
basic
NVIDIA Quadro FX570
basic
+
NVIDIA Quadro FX580
basic
+
NVIDIA Quadro FX1700
mid
NVIDIA Quadro FX1800
mid
+
NVIDIA Quadro FX3700
high
NVIDIA Quadro FX3800
high
+
+*
NVIDIA Quadro FX4600
high
+
+
NVIDIA Quadro FX4700
high
+
NVIDIA Quadro FX4800
high
+
NVIDIA Quadro FX5600
ultra high
+
NVIDIA Quadro FX5800
ultra high
+
* Requires the version with a minimum three pin DIN connector.
If you are planning to install on a grid, Pipeline Pilot 7.5 supports the following grid system versions:
SGE 6.1
PBS Pro 9.2
Platform LSF 7.00 Update 3
Additional Software Requirements
Pipeline Pilot
Discovery Studio requires Pipeline Pilot 7.5 with Collection Update 4 (CU4). If an existing version of Pipeline Pilot Enterprise Server 7.5 is installed, you will be prompted to update to this version during Discovery Studio installation. If you do not have an existing installation of Pipeline Pilot Enterprise Server, the required version will be installed automatically.
BLAST and profile databases
The BLAST Search (DS server) and PSI-BLAST Search protocols require a separately installed BLAST database. Scan Sequence Profiles requires a separately installed profile database. For details, see Installing databases for BLAST Search (DS server) and PSI-BLAST Search and Installing and configuring a profile database.
GNOME Desktop (Linux)
The Discovery Studio Client is optimized for the GNOME Desktop. We recommend that you install and configure this software, which is available on your Linux distribution media. Note that KDE Desktop is also supported.
System Libraries (Linux)
Certain system libraries may be required for the correct operation of Discovery Studio.To automatically detect which libraries may be required for your system, run the check_system.sh script, available on the Discovery Studio distribution. For details, see Required System Libraries.
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