System Requirements
Platform
• 1 GHz processor (Spotlight requires 1.2 GHz processor)
Memory
• 924 MB RAM required, 1 GB recommended
Operating System:
• Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Notes:
• When running on a 64-bit operating system, you must use the 32-bit Oracle Client.
• In Windows Vista, you must use a logon with the Admin privilege or if you are logged on as a normal user, you must have the Universal Access Control (UAC) turned OFF.
Product Exceptions
• Spotlight on Oracle: Requires Windows 7 or Windows XP (Service Pack 1 or later)
• Toad Data Modeler: Requires Windows 7
• Toad for Data Analysts: Does not support Windows 2000, Windows 2003 (64-bit), DB2
connections on Windows XP (64-bit only)
Database Client
• Oracle 8i Client (Net 8),
• Oracle 9 Client (Net 9),
• Oracle 10 Client (Net 10) or Instant Client 10,
• Oracle 11 Client (Net 11) or Instant Client 11.1.0.7
Note: Only the 32-bit Oracle client is supported.
Database Server
• Oracle versions 8.0.6; 8.1.7; 9i; 9iR2; 10gR1; 10gR2; 11gR1, 11gR2
Product Exceptions
• Quest SQL Optimizer for Oracle: Requires Oracle 8.1.7 or later
• Spotlight on Oracle: Requires Oracle 9.2.0.4 or later and SQL*Net 2.3.4 or later
• Toad for Data Analysts: Requires Oracle 9i or later
Additional Requirements:
• VGA monitor, 1024x768 resolution, small fonts (Spotlight requires 1280x1024 or larger)
Toad now supports the following cloud databases:
• Oracle on Amazon EC2 as well as the following virtualized environments:
• Application: Citrix support on Windows Server
2003 (Service Pack 2) using the MetaFrame Presentation Server 4.0 and Citrix Presentation
Server Clients 10.2
• Desktop (VDI): Quest vWorkspace 7.0 on Windows
• XP Professional 32-bit (Service Pack 2)
Server: VMWare ESX Server 3.5 and VMWare
• Server Console 1.0.10 on Windows Server 2003 (Server Pack 2)
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