Chapter 2

System Requirements

Types of system requirements

The system requirements for the ContentDirector API include

Hardware and operating system
ContentDirector
Java tools

Hardware and operating system requirements

The following table provides hardware and operating system requirements for ContentDirector and the API.

	Windows NT®	Windows® 2000	Solaris	NetCache (GL and GM only)
OS	Service Pack 4 and later	Server and Advanced Server, all versions	Version 2.7 and later	Version 5.2 and later
Processor	800 MHz	800 MHz	400 MHz
RAM	Core application: 256 MB (512 MB -1GB preferred) ContentDirector Agent: 256 MB	Core application: 256 MB (512 MB-1GB preferred) ContentDirector Agent: 256 MB	512 MB

Windows NT®

Windows® 2000

Solaris

NetCache

(GL and GM only)

Service Pack 4 and later

Server and Advanced Server, all versions

Version 2.7 and later

Version 5.2 and later

Processor

800 MHz

400 MHz

RAM

Core application: 256 MB (512 MB -1GB preferred)

ContentDirector Agent: 256 MB

Core application: 256 MB (512 MB-1GB preferred)

ContentDirector Agent: 256 MB

512 MB

ContentDirector

ContentDirector 2.0 or higher is required to use the API. There are three requirements related to ContentDirector for using the API:

To compile programs written with the API, the contentdirector.jar file must be in the classpath.
To use programs written with the API, the ContentDirector NT service or Solaris daemon must be running.
To successfully distribute content, ContentDirector must recognize at least one destination as online and responding.

Java tools

Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.3 or later must be installed on the system. JDK 1.3 is distributed on the ContentDirector CD, and you can download the most recent version from the Sun Microsystems Web site. The ContentDirector installation program does not automatically install the JDK.