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System Requirements for Materials Studio 6.0

The following sections cover the system requirements for Materials Studio:

Supported Operating Systems

Operating System

Architecture

32 bit client

32 bit server

64 bit server

 IA64 server
Microsoft Windows XP Professional, SP3 32 bit
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Microsoft Windows Vista, Business and Enterprise Editions, SP2 32 bit
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Microsoft Windows 7, Professional and Enterprise Editions, SP1 64 bit
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2 32 bit
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 32-bit
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 64 bit
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Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 4.8 and 4.9 32 bit, 64 bit
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server or Desktop 5.6 and 5.7 64 bit
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 and 6.1 64 bit
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SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server 10, SP3 and SP4 32 bit, 64 bit
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, base and SP1 64 bit
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Note. A subset of modules are supported on Itanium (IA64) processors. Although all modules will run on x86-64 CPU's, some modules run in 32-bit mode only. For more information, please review the supported servers for each module table.

Hardware Requirements

  • Processor: An Intel-compatible >=2 GHz with x86 or x86_64 architecture is required (Intel or AMD®). For IA64 machines, Intel Itanium 2 processesors are required
  • RAM: A minimum of 2 GB of memory for Materials Studio Client and 2 GB for the server modules. Ideally, a total of 4 GB should be available if the client and server are installed on the same machine.
  • Graphics Cards: Materials Studio is designed to work with all types of graphics cards. Performance and quality improvements are generally observed when using the Nvidia Quadro® range of cards. Limited support is provided for AMD or ATI graphics cards.

Supported Grid Systems

If you are planning to install on a grid, Materials Studio 6.0 supports the following grid system versions:

  • Oracle Grid Engine (OGE) 6.2 Update 7
  • PBS Professional 11.0
  • Platform LSF 8.0

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