Requirements for the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server, ideal for developing and
delivering server side Java applications and web services, are wide-ranging and provide a broad range
of choices for hardware and operating systems.
Specifications
Operating Systems
Solaris 10, 9 and 8 Operating Systems (SPARC Platform Edition)
Solaris 10 and 9 Operating Systems (x86 Platform Edition)
64-bit Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC, x86)
Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4+, Advanced Server SP4+, 2003, XP Pro SP1+, Windows Vista
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6, 5
Browsers
Internet Explorer 5.x, 6.x, and higher
Mozilla 1.7 and higher
Netscape 8.04 and higher
Firefox 1.5.x and higher
Database Servers Supported
Oracle Database 10 g / RAC, Oracle9 i
Sybase ASE 12.5, 15
Microsoft SQL Server 2000, 2005
IBM DB2 v8.2, 8.1, 9.1
MySQL 5
Postgres 8.1
Java DB 10.1.3
In general, Application Server supports connectivity to any DBMS with a corresponding J2EE certified JDBC driver. The list shown here have been tested.