Determine what the minimum, recommended, and optimal requirements are
for Windows Server 2008 and compare your findings with your hardware.
When
determining whether you have the hardware requirements needed to
install and run an OS, you need to focus on three hardware resources:
| • | Memory: |
| | | Minimum: 512MB |
| | | Recommended: 1GB |
| | | Optimal: 2GB |
| • | Processor: |
| | | Minimum: 1Ghz |
| | | Recommended: 2Ghz |
| | | Optimal: 3Ghz |
| • | Disk space needed for system partition: |
| | | Minimum: 10GB |
| | | Recommended: 40GB |
| | | Optimal: 80GB |
Note
The
recommendations take into consideration only what is needed to run the
OS. You need to also determine whether any applications are going to
run on the server and include any resources requirements for those
applications.
Note
Keep
in mind that if you increase your memory above 16GB, you will need to
increase your disk space requirements to accommodate for the pagefile
(if kept on a system partition), hibernation, and the dump file.
Note
You
can use a tool called the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
(MAP) to inventory your servers and generate a report to help determine
which servers will work for your Windows Server 2008 installations. At
the time of this writing, the tool is located at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb977556.aspx.
