Technical Requirements for Discovery Studio 2.0

Operating System Requirements

Discovery Studio 2.0 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 2-5

x86-64 (64-bit)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10

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
1 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 235 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 14.7 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 1100 Quadro FX 1400 Quadro FX 3450 ( a )	162.50
Microsoft Windows XP	Quadro FX 570M ( b )	6.14.11.133
Microsoft Windows Vista	Quadro FX 540 Quadro FX 1400 Quadro FX 3450	162.50
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0 and 4.0	Quadro FX 540 Quadro FX 1100 Quadro FX 1400 Quadro FX 3450 Quadro FX 3500	1.0-9755
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 (x86-64)	1.0-9755 (x86-64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4.0	Quadro FX 570M ( b )	100.14.19
ATI
Operating System	Graphics Card	Driver
Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Vista	FireGL V3400 FireGL V5100 FireGL V7200	8.391.2.1.1
Microsoft Windows XP	FireGL Mobility V5200 ( c )	8.293-060908a- 036813C-Lenovo
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0 and 4.0	FireGL V3400 FireGL V5100 FireGL V7100	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) This card and driver combination pertains to the Lenovo ThinkPad T61p.