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■ The following tables describe the disk space requirements for software files, and
data files for each installation type on Linux x86:
Installation Type Requirement for Software Files (GB)
Enterprise Edition 3.95
Standard Edition 3.88
Installation Type Requirement for Data Files (GB)
Enterprise Edition 1.7
Standard Edition 1.5
Additional disk space, either on a file system or on an Oracle Automatic Storage
Management disk group is required for the fast recovery area if you choose to
configure automated backups.
4 Checking the Software Requirements
Depending on the products that you intend to install, verify that the following
software are installed on the system.
■ Operating System Requirements
■ Kernel Requirements
■ Package Requirements
■ Compiler Requirements
■ Additional Software Requirements
Note: Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) performs checks on the
system to verify that it meets the listed requirements. To ensure that
these checks pass, verify the requirements before you start Oracle
Universal Installer.
4.1 Operating System Requirements
The following or later versions of the operating system are required for Oracle
Database 11g Release 2 (11.2):
■ Asianux Server 3 SP2
■ Oracle Linux 4 Update 7
■ Oracle Linux 5 Update 2
■ Oracle Linux 6
■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 7
■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 2
■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
■ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2