Requirements v14

Hardware requirements

The following installation requirements assume you select the default options during the installation process. The minimum hardware requirements to install and run EDB Postgres Advanced Server are:

  • 1 GHz processor
  • 2 GB of RAM
  • 512 MB of HDD

Additional disk space is required for data or supporting components.

Software requirements

User privileges

To perform an EDB Postgres Advanced Server installation on a Linux system you must have superuser or administrator or sudo privileges.

To perform an EDB Postgres Advanced Server installation on a Windows system you must have administrator privilege. If you are installing EDB Postgres Advanced Server on a Windows system that is configured with User Account Control enabled, you can assume sufficient privileges to invoke the graphical installer by right clicking on the name of the installer and selecting Run as administrator from the context menu.

Windows-specific software requirements

Apply the Windows operating system updates before invoking the installer. If the installer encounters errors during the installation process, exit the installation and ensure that your Windows version is up-to-date before restarting the installer.