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AIX
Linux
Mac
Windows

AIX


Hardware	Components	Requirement	Notes
Disk space	Rational® Performance Tester Agent	10 GB	Disk space requirements can be reduced or increased depending on the features that you install. Large test runs can store several gigabytes of data. Make sure that you have adequate disk space before attempting a large test run. For best results with large test runs, use 16 GB of RAM. For best results with large test runs, use a 2.30 GHz or higher Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
Memory	Rational® Performance Tester Agent	8 GB
Processor	Rational® Performance Tester Agent	1.86 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or higher

Linux


Hardware	Components	Requirement	Notes
Disk space	Rational® Performance Tester Agent Rational® Performance Tester	10 GB	Disk space requirements can be reduced or increased depending on the features that you install. An additional 500 MB of disk space is required in the /tmp directory.
Memory	Rational® Performance Tester Agent Rational® Performance Tester	8 GB	For best results with large test runs, use 16 GB of RAM.
Processor	Rational® Performance Tester Agent Rational® Performance Tester	Minimum: 1.86 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or higher	For best results with large test runs, use a 2.30 GHz or higher Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

Mac


Hardware	Components	Requirement	Notes
Disk space	Rational® Performance Tester Agent Rational® Performance Tester	10 GB	Disk space requirements can be reduced or increased depending on the features that you install. Large test runs can store several gigabytes of data. Make sure that you have adequate disk space before attempting a large test run.
Memory	Rational® Performance Tester Agent Rational® Performance Tester	8 GB	For best results with large test runs, use 16 GB of RAM.
Processor	Rational® Performance Tester Agent Rational® Performance Tester	Minimum: 1.86 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or higher	For best results with large test runs, use a 2.30 GHz or higher Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

Windows


Hardware	Components	Requirement	Notes
Disk space	Rational® Performance Tester Agent Rational® Performance Tester	10 GB	Disk space requirements can be reduced or increased depending on the features that you install. Large test runs can store several gigabytes of data. Make sure that you have adequate disk space before attempting a large test run. Additional disk space is required if you use FAT32 instead of NTFS. An additional 500 MB of disk space is required in the directory that you specify in the environment variable TEMP.
Memory	Rational® Performance Tester Agent Rational® Performance Tester	8 GB	For best results with large test runs, use 16 GB of RAM.
Processor	Rational® Performance Tester Agent Rational® Performance Tester	Minimum: 1.86 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or higher	For best results with large test runs, use a 2.30 GHz or higher Intel Core 2 Duo processor.