# Introduction

This section describes general hardware and software requirements, recommendations, and limitations regarding the server host for the Developer and Enterprise Editions. It also describes the database requirements.

For the requirements regarding the Data Center Edition, see [install-the-server-as-a-cluster](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2025.2/setup-and-update/install-the-server-as-a-cluster "mention").

See:

* [server-host](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2025.2/setup-and-update/installation-requirements/server-host "mention")
* [database-requirements](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2025.2/setup-and-update/installation-requirements/database-requirements "mention")
* **Reference architectures:**
  * [up-to-10m-loc](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2025.2/setup-and-update/reference-architectures/up-to-10m-loc "mention")
  * [up-to-50m-loc](https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-server/2025.2/setup-and-update/reference-architectures/up-to-50m-loc "mention")