Recommended System Configuration - HP 124708-001 - ProLiant Cluster - 1850 Implementation Manual

Recommended system configuration

The recommended system configurations listed in this section are established by Microsoft for
Windows Server 2008 base OS installations.
Table 1. Recommended system configuration as established by Microsoft
Component
Processor
RAM per processor
Maximum RAM 32 bit
systems
Maximum RAM 64 bit
systems
Monitor
Optical storage
Available disk space
NOTE
Available disk space refers to the free disk space on the
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partition to contain the system files. Additional space is
required to copy the Windows Server 2008 CD contents to
the hard disk during installation.
Refer to the Microsoft website for any system requirement
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updates:
www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/sysreqs.mspx.
Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more
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disk space for paging and dump files.
Requirement
• Minimum: 1 GHz
• Recommended: 2 GHz
Minimum: 512 MB
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• Recommended: 2 GB
• Optimal: 2 GB (Full) 1GB (Server Core)
4 GB (standard edition)
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• 64 GB (Enterprise/Datacenter Editions)
32 GB (standard edition)
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2 TB (Enterprise/Datacenter)
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SVGA resolution (800x600) or higher
DVD drive
• Minimum: 10 GB
• Recommended: 40 GB
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