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System Requirements

For a complete list of system requirements, including the differences between 32-bit and 64-bit FME, please visit our website.

Windows 32-bit (win32)

Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows 2008 Server
Windows 2003 Server
Windows^® XP SP1

Windows 64-bit (win64):

Windows 7 64-bit
Windows Vista 64-bit
Windows 2008 Server 64-bit
Windows 2003 Server 64-bit

All 64-bit Windows editions listed above also support 32-bit FME. Please visit www.safe.com for information on the differences between 32-bit FME and 64-bit FME.

For more information, please contact support@safe.com.

For FME Premium Editions, FME Smallworld Edition:

TCP/IP network connection to an Esri^® SDE server (to use the SDE modules)

UNIX (command line only):

IBM^® RS/6000 AIX 6.1

Linux (Desktop Light [without Workbench]):

Linux^® Intel x64 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS/ES/WS 5.0)

Note that FME 2012+ releases are not provided on the Linux Intel x86 platform.

Browser

To view the Help files, you will need Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher (6.0 recommended)

Specifications

System specifications will vary depending on your FME usage, including the size of your data files. However, at minimum, we recommend:

Minimum Intel® Pentium® III or 4 processor
1 GB of RAM
1.5 GB of available disk space

Note: To run FME on the Citrix Platform, a Floating License is required.