System requirements

System requirements for IBM Spectrum® Archive Single Drive Edition.

The following operating systems and hardware platforms are supported:

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Linux computers

  • Supported operating systems
    • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9 (x86_64, and ppc64le)
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, or 8.5 (x86_64, and ppc64le)
    Note: Check the lifecycle schedule of RHEL 7.x on the Red Hat support portal, and ensure that your OS release is supported if it is a minor release prior to 7.9.
  • Supported hardware
    • x86_64, or ppc64 (POWER8® or later, in Little Endian mode) processor.
    • 1 GB of available RAM for each 1 million files that are stored on a tape.
    • Serial Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) or Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) supported by IBM® LTO 5, LTO 6, LTO 7, and LTO 8 tape drives.
    • Fibre Channel HBA supported by IBM TS1140, TS1150, TS1155, and TS1160 tape drives.
    • USB 3.0 interface that is supported by IBM USB LTO 5 and LTO 6 tape drives.

Apple Mac computers

  • Supported operating system
    • OS X 10.11 El Capitan (64-bit)
    • macOS 10.12 Sierra (64-bit)
    • macOS 10.13 High Sierra (64-bit)
    • macOS 10.14 Mojave (64-bit)
    • macOS 10.15 Catalina (64-bit)
    • macOS 11 "Big Sur"
    • macOS 12 "Monterey"
  • Supported hardware
    • Mac Pro (Intel).
    • x86_64 processor.
    • 1 GB of available RAM for each 1 million files that are stored on a tape.
    • SAS HBA provided by ATTO Technology, Inc.
    • Fibre Channel HBA.
    • Any Mac that has a USB 3.0 interface that is supported by IBM USB LTO 5 and LTO 6 tape drives.

Windows

  • Supported operating systems
    • Windows 10 (Anniversary update or later)
    • Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)
  • Supported hardware
    • x86_64 processor.
    • The Secure Boot option of the PC must be disabled.
    • 1 GB of available RAM for each 1 million files that are stored on a tape.
    • SAS or Fibre Channel HBA supported by IBM LTO Ultrium 5, LTO 6, LTO 7, and LTO 8 tape drives.
    • Fibre Channel HBA supported by IBM TS1140, TS1150, TS1155, and TS1160 tape drives.
    • USB 3.0 interface that is supported by IBM USB LTO 5 and LTO 6 tape drives.
Note: IBM is going to end the support of Windows version at the end of April, 2023. It is recommended to prepare for the transition to other platform.
Note: Write-once, read-many (WORM) media are not supported.