The following table lists the minimum hardware requirements to run SAP SQL Anywhere.
| Development (Full Install) | Deployment (Server) | Deployment (Client) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32-bit CPU | Pentium 2 compatible or higher. Pentium 4 compatible or higher for spatial data support. | Pentium 2 compatible or higher. Pentium 4 compatible or higher for spatial data support. | Pentium 2 compatible or higher. |
| 64-bit CPU | AMD64, Intel EM64T, SPARC, PowerPC or Itanium 2. | AMD64, Intel EM64T, SPARC, PowerPC or Itanium 2. | AMD64, Intel EM64T, SPARC, PowerPC or Itanium 2. |
| RAM | 256 MB of memory is required for Windows XP. 512 MB of memory is required for all other versions of Windows. If you are using the administration tools, such as Sybase Central and Interactive SQL, in addition to the above memory requirements, an additional 64 MB to 128 MB of RAM is required. | 256 MB of memory is required for Windows XP. 512 MB of memory is required for all other versions of Windows. | 4 MB of memory |
| Hard Disk | 500 MB + enough disk space to hold your database, log files, and temporary file. | 20 MB + enough disk space to hold your database, log files, and temporary file. | 10 MB |
For complete details on supported operating systems, please refer to the SAP SQL Anywhere Supported Platforms and Engineering Support Status.
If your server meets only the minimum hardware requirements, performance may be affected; you might want to upgrade your hardware. In general, evaluate the hardware configuration to see if it is adequate for the kind of workload being placed on the database server.
You can specify the -fc option when starting the database server to implement a callback function when the database server encounters a file system full condition. Refer to the -fc database server option in the SAP SQL Anywhere documentation for more details.