Assume you are tasked with preparing a proposal advocating the migration to Windows Server 2008 from the current network solution. Please research the features, functions, and capabilities of Server 2008 to answer the question below.
What is Windows Server? What are the different editions of Windows Server? Describe the deployment options available with each edition of Windows server 2008?
What are the limitations of the various editions (processors, memory, etc)?
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Windows Server refers to any type of server instance that is installed, operated and managed by any of the Windows Server family of operating systems.
Windows Server exhibits and provides the same capability, features and operating mechanism of a standard server operating system and is based on the Windows NT architecture
Different edition of window server?
Windows 2000 Server
Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2008
Windows HPC Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 8
What is Windows Server? What are the different editions of Windows Server? Describe the deployment options available with each edition of Windows server 2008? What are the limitations of the various editions (processors, memory, etc.)?
Windows Server is a Microsoft Windows operating system specialized for use as a server. There are several editions of Windows Server; they include the following:
• Windows Server 2008 Standard (IA-32 and x86-64)
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (IA-32 and x86-64)
• Windows Server 2008 Datacenter (IA-32 and x86-64)
• Windows HPC Server 2008 (Codenamed "Socrates") (replacing Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003)
• Windows Web Server 2008 (IA-32 and x86-64)
• Windows Storage Server 2008 (Codenamed "Magni") (IA-32 and x86-64)
• Windows Small Business Server 2008 (Codenamed "Cougar") (x86-64) for small businesses
• Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (Codenamed "Centro") (x86-64) for medium-sized businesses[28] (Discontinued) [29]
• Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems
• Windows Server 2008 Foundation (Codenamed "Lima")
(Windows Server 2008, 2013)
System requirements for Windows Server 2008 are as follows:
Minimum for Windows Server 2008[34]
Recommended for Windows Server 2008[34]
Minimum for Windows Server 2008 R2[35]
Recommended for Windows Server 2008 R2[35]
Processor 1 GHz (IA-32) or 1.4 GHz (x86-64) or Intel Itanium 2 2 GHz or faster 1.4 GHz (x86-64 processor) or Intel Itanium 2 2 GHz or faster
Memory 512 MB RAM (may limit performance and some features) 2 GB RAM or higher
• Maximum (32-bit systems): 4 GB RAM (Standard) or 64 GB RAM (Enterprise, Datacenter)
• Maximum (64-bit systems): 8 GB (Foundation) or 32 GB RAM (Standard) or 2 TB RAM (Enterprise, Datacenter and Itanium-Based Systems) 512 MB RAM Maximum: 8 GB (Foundation) or 32 GB (Standard) or 2 TB (Enterprise, Datacenter, and Itanium-Based Systems)
Video adapter and monitor Super VGA (800 × 600)
Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution Super VGA (800 × 600) Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution
Hard drive disk free space • Minimum (Non-Foundation 32-bit systems): 20 GB or greater
• Minimum (Non-Foundation 64-bit systems): 32 GB or greater
• Foundation: 10 GB or greater.[36]
• Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files[35]
40 GB or higher • 32 GB or greater for editions other than Foundation
• Foundation: 10 GB or more
• Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files[35]
32 GB or greater for editions other than Foundation
• Foundation: 10 GB or more
• Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files[35]
Optical drive DVD-ROM
Devices Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitor, keyboard and mouse
(Windows Server 2008, 2013)
A Windows Server is a brand name for server operating systems released by Microsoft. They are designed to handle networking, hosting and databases. The different editions of Window Server include Windows Server 2003,Windows Server 2008 and most recently Windows Server 2012. The deployment options for Server 2008 are through virtual machine, cloning, manual deployment and automated deployment. The physical memory limitations range from 4GB to 2TB. The 64-bit is the limit for the processor. The number of instances that can be used range from one instance to an unlimited amount of OS instances.
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