Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software

System Requirements

Deploy Sun VDI Software on the Solaris Operating System and provide virtual desktops for Windows, OpenSolaris, and Ubuntu. Here is the information you need to get started.


Sun VDI Core
Memory75 MB per user, 2 GB or more total

Disk Space1 GB

Operating SystemSolaris 10 10/08

Processor1 GHz or faster x64 or SPARC based processors, 2 or more CPUs recommended
Sun xVM VirtualBox for Sun VDI 3.0
Memory2 GB or more total (depends on number of virtual machines in use)

Disk Space1 GB

Operating SystemSolaris 10 10/08

Processor1 GHz or faster x64 based processor, 2 or more CPUs recommended
Virtual Desktop Guest Operating Systems
Operating Systems
  • Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and higher
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Enterprise
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 (only on Sun xVM VirtualBox)
  • Ubuntu 8.10 (only on Sun xVM VirtualBox)
  • OpenSolaris 2008.11 (only on Sun xVM VirtualBox)
Storage for VMware
Storage PlatformAll hardware supported by VMware
Sun xVM VirtualBox for VDI 3.0
Storage Platform
Supported VMware Components
VMware ESXVMware ESX server 3.5 (including Update 1, 2)

VMware VirtualCenterVMware VirtualCenter 2.5 (including Update 1, 2, 3)