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System Requirements for Discovery Studio 2.1

Operating System Requirements

Discovery Studio 2.1 is supported on Linux and Windows.

Linux

x86 (32-bit)

  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 3.0, Updates 6-9
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, Updates 3-6

x86-64 (64-bit)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, Updates 3-6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Retail and Update 1
  • SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10, Retail and SP1

Discovery Studio is optimized for the GNOME Desktop. The root password is not necessary for Linux installations. 64-bit support is provided using 32-bit binaries.

Windows

  • Microsoft® Windows® 2000, SP4 Rollup 1
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional, SP2
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, SP1
  • Microsoft Windows Vista, Business and Enterprise Editions

On Windows systems, Administration privileges are required. Currently, Discovery Studio is designed for use on 32-bit versions of Windows operating systems only.

Minimum Hardware Requirements

  • Intel® Pentium® 4 or compatible processor running at 2 GHz or greater
  • 2 GB RAM
  • Disk space: Up to 2.6 GB available for installation
  • Graphics card: NVIDIA® Quadro® FX or ATI FireGL™ cards (see Supported Graphics Cards and Drivers)
  • A DVD-ROM drive

Note. The total hard disk space required for installation can vary between 270 MB and 2.6 GB, depending on the components selected for installation. Additional space is required if system updates are necessary or additional databases are installed (which may use up to 19.1 GB of disk space).

Supported Graphics Cards and Drivers

Discovery Studio is optimized to provide hardware-accelerated graphics with supported NVIDIA and ATI hardware when certified drivers are installed. 3D stereo support is also available with hardware that provides quad-buffered OpenGL stereo capabilities.

NVIDIA

Operating System Graphics Card Driver
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP 		Quadro FX 540
Quadro FX 1400
Quadro FX 3500 (a) 		162.50
Microsoft Windows Vista Quadro FX 540
Quadro FX 1400
Quadro FX 3500 (a) 		162.50
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0 and 4.0 Quadro FX 540
Quadro FX 1400
Quadro FX 3500
1.0-9755
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 (x86-64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 (x86-64) 		1.0-9755 (x86-64)

ATI

Operating System Graphics Card Driver
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Vista 		FireGL V3400
FireGL V3600
FireGL V5100
FireGL V5600
FireGL V7600		 8.453.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0 and 4.0 (b) FireGL V3400
FireGL V5100
FireGL V7200		 8.26.23

(a) Activation of hardware stereo can be intermittent with this platform, card and driver combination. This is a known issue with all OpenGL applications. If you anticipate extensive use of stereo graphics, NVIDIA recommends that a stereoscopic override (91.31) be installed. More information on NVIDIA's 3D Stereo technology can be found here .

(b) A 64 bit Linux driver in not yet available. As such ATI cards on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 (x86-64) and SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 (x86-64) are not certified for use with this release of Discovery Studio.