Storage Requirements

 

The storage requirements for the WebSphere MQ for Linux depend on which components you install, and how much working space we need. This, in turn, depends on the number of queues that you use, the number and size of the messages on the queues, and whether the messages are persistent. You also require archiving capacity on disk, tape or other media. The approximate amount of storage required for each component is detailed in the table below.

Storage requirements for WebSphere MQ filesets
Component Location of storage Storage Requirement in MB (x86 platform) Storage Requirement in MB (zSeries platform) Storage Requirement in MB (POWER™ platform)
Runtime /usr 25.2 25.1 30.8
Client /opt 2.8 2.9 5.0
Server /opt 14.3 14.5 32.8
SDK /opt 1.7 1.7 1.7
Sample programs /opt 4.8 4.8 5.3
Java™ messaging /opt 6.9 6.9 6.9
SSL support /opt 58.6 50.0 60.8
Extended Transactional Client /opt 0.1 0.1 0.2
Man pages /usr 0.7 0.8 0.8
German Message catalogs /usr 0.5 0.6 0.7
Spanish Message catalogs /usr 0.6 0.6 0.6
French Message catalogs /usr 0.6 0.6 0.7
Italian Message catalogs /usr 0.6 0.6 0.6
Japanese Message catalogs /usr 0.5 0.5 0.6
Korean Message catalogs /usr 0.5 0.5 0.5
Brazilian Portuguese Message catalogs /usr 0.6 0.6 0.6
Simplified Chinese Message catalogs /usr 0.4 0.4 0.4
Traditional Chinese Message catalogs /usr 0.4 0.4 0.4
WebSphere Eclipse Platform (x86 platform only) /opt 224.8 not applicable not applicable
WebSphere MQ Explorer (x86 platform only /opt 40.5 not applicable not applicable
WebSphere MQ File Transfer Application (x86 platform only) /opt 0.8 not applicable not applicable

Storage requirements for prerequisite filesets
Component Location of storage Storage Requirement in MB (x86 platform) Storage Requirement in MB (zSeries platform) Storage Requirement in MB (POWER platform)
gsk7bas-7.0-x.x /usr 10.4 13.3 11.3
gsk7bas64-7.0-x.x /usr not applicable not applicable 12.5
IBMJava2-SDK-1.4.2-0.0 /opt 80.5 71.3 82.5
IBMJava2-SDK-ppc64-1.4.2-0.0 /opt not applicable not applicable 82.1
We can use the df command to determine the amount of free space on your system.

Disk storage is also required for

 

WebSphere MQ Explorer Requirements

If you want to use the WebSphere MQ Explorer (available for use with WebSphere MQ for Linux, V6.0 (x86 platform) only), your system will need to have the following, as a minimum:

 

WebSphere Eclipse Platform

The WebSphere Eclipse Platform is a prerequisite for the WebSphere MQ Explorer and WebSphere MQ File Transfer Application components. Before installing the WebSphere Eclipse Platform (x86 platform only), install the following:

Install the above prerequisites from an RPM package. If you install the prerequisites using any other method, you might have to install the MQSeriesIES30 (Websphere MQ Explorer) RPM package with the --nodeps option and you will have to ensure that the installed prerequisite software is accessible in the environment, for example by setting the PATH environment variable.

After checking the requirements in this topic, proceed to Prerequisite software for using SSL.

 

Parent topic:

Checking prerequisite hardware and software


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