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System requirements for Endpoint Security and Control (SAV) for Windows, version 9

Platforms supported x86
32-bit
x86
64-bit
IA-64 (Itanium)
64-bit
Minimum
disk space
Minimum
memory
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows
Windows Server 2008 R2 including Core   yes   120 MB 256 MB
Windows Server 2008 Core yes yes  
Windows Server 2008 yes yes yes
Windows SBS 2008 yes yes  
Windows Server 2003 yes yes yes
Windows 7 including XP Mode yes yes  
Windows Vista yes yes  
Windows XP Home SP1a+ yes yes  
Windows XP Pro SP1a+ yes yes  
Windows 2000 SP3 yes    
Windows 2000 Pro SP3+ yes    
Sophos Client Firewall
Requires Pentium class 300 MHz processor
Windows 7 yes     100 MB 320 MB
Windows Vista yes    
Windows XP Pro SP1a+ yes    
Windows XP Home SP1a+ yes    
Windows 2000 Pro SP3+ yes    
Languages supported: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified and Traditional Chinese. However, not all language support is available on all platforms.

*For further details on support provided, please see the following Knowledgebase article

System requirements for Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows, version 4.7

The following are not available on these platforms: adware and PUA detection, and application and device control.

Platform supported Disk space Memory
Windows 98 (SE)
*Manual install required
90 MB Recommended 128 MB
Languages supported: same as above

Note: If no service pack is specified, then SP0+ is implied. All platforms require IE 5.5 or above.

System requirements for Sophos Control Center

Platforms supported x86
32-bit
x86
64-bit
IA-64 (Itanium)
64-bit
Minimum
disk space
Minimum
memory
Management Server
Windows Server 2008 yes yes   150 MB 512 MB
Windows SBS 2008 yes yes  
Windows Server 2003 SP1+ yes yes  
Windows Server 2003 R2   yes  
Windows SBS 2003 SP1+ yes    
Windows 2000 Server SP4+ yes    
Windows SBS Server 2000 SP4+ yes    
Windows Vista yes yes  
Windows XP Pro SP2+ yes    
Database support Maximum
disk space
SQL 2005 Express Edition 4 GB
Platforms managed
Windows, Mac OS X (10.4/10.5/10.6)
Hardware
2.0 GHz Pentium or equivalent
Languages supported: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified and Traditional Chinese. However, not all language support is available on all platforms.

System Requirements for Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac