Supported Platforms for GigaSpaces 7.0

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Overview

GigaSpaces Data Grid and Messaging Grid core middleware, Database Cache and Persistency, Service Grid and OpenSpaces are 100% Java technology based.

You can run GigaSpaces on every operating system that supports the Java Platform Standard Edition technology – i.e., Windows , Linux x86, Linux AMD64 (Opteron), Sun Solaris, Hewlett Packard HP-UX, IBM AIX, Apple Mac OS/X, etc.

The list below represents only the platforms that have been tested by GigaSpaces.

GigaSpaces components (space, cluster of spaces, Processing Unit, GSM, GSC, LUS, Mahalo, GUI, CLI) can run only with the same GigaSpaces JARs (i.e., the same version and build number).

Mixing GigaSpaces Versions

The following is supported:
Applications built using 6.6.x run without any code changes on a clean 7.0.x installation.

The following is not supported:
Mixing clients/servers from different GigaSpaces Major Releases - Clients of 6.6.X do not run against 7.0.X servers. 7.0.X clients do not run against 6.6.X servers. 6.6.X servers do not communicate well with 7.0.X servers etc.

Tested Platforms

GigaSpaces is being tested with:

• Windows
• Linux
• Solaris 8, 9, 10

Using 32 and 64 bit JVM.

Supported Java Versions Please note that version 7.0 will only support Java SE 5.0 or higher, i.e. Java 1.4 SE will not be supported with GigaSpaces XAP 7.0.

See below tested JVMs:

• Sun 1.6 - XAP was tested using Sun JVM version 1.6.0_14-b08
• Sun 1.5.x - XAP was tested using Sun JVM version 1.5.0_17-b04
• JRockit/BEA 1.6.x - XAP was tested using BEA JRockit(R) build 1.6.0_02-b05
• JRockit/BEA 1.5.x - XAP was tested using BEA JRockit(R) build 1.5.0_12-b04
• IBM 1.5.x - XAP was tested using IBM JVM version 1.5.0 IBM J9 VM build 2.3, J2RE 1.5.0 IBM J9 2.3 Linux amd64-64 j9vmxa6423-20070426 (JIT enabled)

.NET Interface

System Requirements

Required Software: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or later.
Recommended: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2 or later.
Note: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 is currently not supported.

Supported Operating Systems: Any operating system supported by .NET Framework 2.0.

64 bit support: XAP.NET is released in two separate packages for x86 and x64. Itanium (ia64) is not supported.

Installation

GigaSpaces XAP.NET is packaged as a standard Windows Installer package (.msi file). To start the installation simply double-click the msi file, and the installation wizard will pop up and guide you through the installation process.

Once you accept the licence agreement, you will be asked to choose a setup type. Select 'Complete' to install all the features in the default path (C:\GigaSpaces\XAP.NET 7.0.0). Selecting 'Custom' will allow you to customize the installation path, which features will be installed, and more.

Other Installation Options

GigaSpaces XAP.NET offers more installation scenarios and customizations. For example:

• Command-line installation.
• Packaging XAP.NET in another installation package.
• Side-by-side installations.
• Using a different jvm.

For more information see Advanced Installation Scenarios.

Optional

Using SIGAR to Monitor Machine-Level Statistics of GigaSpaces Clusters

GigaSpaces XAP comes with a comprehensive out-of-the-box support for monitoring the GigaSpaces cluster using the Management Center GUI.
The majority of the functionality is provided out of the box and does not require any 3rd party library.
However some machine-level statistics (CPU, disk and network utilization) are not available out of the box.
For that reason GigaSpaces XAP instegrates natively with the open source SIGAR library (System Information Gatherer and Reporter).
Due to licensing restrictions, GigaSpaces XAP does not ship with SIGAR out of the box.
To enable CPU, disk and network utilization monitoring using Sigar, you should follow the following steps:

1. Download the SIGAR 1.6.2 distribution here.
2. Unzip the downloaded file to a temporary location on your local disk.
3. Copy all the files under the <SIGAR Root>/sigar-bin/lib/ directory to <GigaSpaces root>/Runtime/lib/platform/sigar.

C++ Interface

GigaSpaces C++ source code can be built on Linux and Windows 32bit or 64bit machines.
The current supported platforms and compilers are:

• Linux
  • 64bit – gcc.3.4.5
  • 32bit – gcc.3.4.6
• Windows
  • 32/64bit C++ for VisualStudio 2005 (vs8.0)
  • 32 C++ for VisualStudio 2003 (vs7.1)

Integrations with 3rd Party Products

The following products/projects were tested and certified using GigaSpaces 7.0:

• Spring 2.5.6
• Hibernate version 3.2.6
• Mule 2.2.1
• Jetty 6.1.14
• Groovy 1.6.3
• Maven 2.0.9
• Hyperic SIGAR 1.6.2