QUESTION:
What is the smallest version of AIX that can be installed/supported
today? How much disk and memory does it require? The last item
I can find on the database about AIX disk requirements hasn't been
updated in a long time.
I am particularly interested in the size of AIX 4.1 Client O/S.
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A: In general terms, the smallest AIX system requires about 16 MB RAM
and 160 MB of disk space. I should stress that this is a bare
minimum install - you won't get very good performance and you won't
have any LPP/OPP's. There are some differences between the minimum
3.2 and 4.1 systems, so I'll cover them both.
3.2 system - 16 MB RAM - bos.obj - no LPP/OPP's
32 MB paging space
8 MB boot logical volume
8 MB dump device
8 MB /tmp
4 MB / (root)
4 MB /home
8 MB /var
84 MB /usr
4 MB log logical volume
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160 MB - note that you can reduce this by removing /home
4.1 system - 16 MB RAM
32 MB paging space
4 MB boot logical volume
4 MB log logical volume
4 MB / (root)
108 MB /usr
4 MB /var
8 MB /tmp
4 MB /home
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168 MB
You can again remove /home to reclaim 4 MB. The loglv is used as the
primary dump device. This is the client package, so besides BOS you
also get base X11, Visual Systems Manager, base TCP/IP and Network
packages, and iFOR/LS License Manager. X11 will be installed on any
system that has a graphics adapter.
You should be aware that while these systems will run with 16 MB RAM,
this is not a practical amount of memory. 32 MB is a much more
realistic number. Having 32 MB RAM will require and additional 16
MB of paging space.
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