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Technical Specifications

System Requirements

Minimum Linux server system requirements for installation

  • Local Installation: 512 MB RAM
  • Secure Shell (SSH)-based network install, graphical: 512 MB RAM
  • Virtual Network Computing (VNC)-based network install using File Transfer Protocol (FTP): 512 MB RAM

Minimum Linux server system requirements for operation

  • 512 MB RAM
  • 750 MB hard disk space for software
  • 750 MB hard disk space for user data

Recommendations for specific uses

  • 512 MB to 4 GB RAM, at least 256 MB per CPU
  • 4 GB hard-disk space
  • Network interface (Ethernet, wireless or modem)
  • For web servers – Additional RAM to improve caching, and additional processors to improve Web application performance
  • For database servers – Additional RAM to improve caching, and using multiple disks for parallel I/O
  • For file servers – Additional memory and disks, or a Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) system to improve I/O throughput

Supported processor platforms

  • x86
  • x86_64 (AMD64 and Intel EM64T)
  • IBM System z (64-bit)

Package Descriptions

Package Descriptions

Package Name Description
apache2-mod_mono-addon Module that interfaces Apache with the Mono Extension and allows running ASP.NET pages on UNIX and UNIX-like systems
mono-addon-libgdiplus0 Open source implementation of the GDI+ API (required when using System.Drawing APIs within the Mono Extension)
mono-addon-core This core add-on module of the Mono project implements various technologies that have been submitted to the ECMA for standardization
mono-addon-data Database connectivity for the Mono Extension, including connectivity for Microsoft SQL Server
mono-addon-data-npgsql PostgreSQL database connectivity for the Mono Extension
mono-addon-data-sqlite SQLite database connectivity for the Mono Extension
mono-addon-debugger The Mono Debugger (MDB) can debug both managed and unmanaged applications. It provides a reusable library that can be used to add debugger functionality to different front-ends. The debugger package includes a console debugger named "mdb".
mono-addon-devel This package contains development tools including compilers and other tools needed to develop .NET applications with the Mono Extension
mono-addon-web Implementation of the ASP.NET, Remoting and Web Services APIs for the Mono Extension
mono-addon-winforms Implementation of Windows.Forms APIs for the Mono Extension
mono-addon-xsp Small web server for hosting ASP.NET with the Mono Extension

Kernel Limits

Kernel Limits

SLE 11 (2.6.27) x86 x86_64 s390x
CPU bits 32 64 64
Max. # CPUs 32 512 64
Max. RAM (theoretical / certified) 64/16 GiB 64 TiB/512 GiB 4 TiB/256 GiB
max. user-/kernelspace 3/1 GiB 128 TiB/128 TiB N/A
Max. swap space up to 32 * 64 GB
Max. # processes 1048576
Max. # threads per process Tested with more than 120000; maximum limit depends on memory and other parameters
Max. size per block device Up to 16 TiB and up to 8 EiB on all 64-bit architectures

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