Introducing Windows Server 2008 - MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration - page 5

Windows Web Server 2008
Windows Web Server 2008 is designed to operate as a single-purpose Web server running
Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0. This edition provides hardware support similar to
Standard Edition but has no virtualization support and can't be installed as a domain controller.
It lacks many features of other editions, such as remote access and Terminal Services. Windows
Web Server 2008 is a cost-effective solution, however, when you need a full-featured Web server
but don't require the advanced features of other editions. Typical examples of this edition's
intended audience are small businesses that don't require Active Directory or departments in
large organizations that want to deploy their own Web applications.

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Comparing Editions
Tables 1-1 and 1-2 summarize system requirements and compare features of the different
Windows Server 2008 editions.

For an extensive comparison of Windows Server 2008 editions, go to
www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/editions/overview.mspx .

Table 1-1

Windows Server 2008 system requirements (all editions)

Component Requirement

Processor Minimum: 1 GHz for x86 CPU or 1.4 GHz for X64 CPU

Recommended: 2 GHz or faster

Memory Minimum: 512 MB RAM

Recommended: 2 GB RAM or more

Available disk space Minimum: 10 GB

Recommended: 40 GB or more

Additional drives DVD-ROM

Display and peripherals Super VGA or higher

Keyboard and mouse

Table 1-2

Comparing features in Windows Server 2008 editions

Feature Windows Web Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Datacenter Edition

Server 2008

Maximum RAM 32-bit: 4 GB 32-bit: 4 GB 32-bit: 64 GB 32-bit: 64 GB

64-bit: 32 GB 64-bit: 32 GB 64-bit: 2 TB 64-bit: 2 TB

Failover clustering N/A N/A 16 nodes 16 nodes

Supported processor X86 sockets: 4 X86 sockets: 4 X86 sockets: 8 X86 sockets: 32

sockets X64 sockets: 4 X64 sockets: 4 X64 sockets: 8 X64 sockets: 64

Hot-add memory N/A N/A Yes Yes

Hot-replace memory N/A N/A N/A Yes

Hot-add processor N/A N/A N/A Yes

Hot-replace processor N/A N/A N/A Yes

Virtual licenses Hyper-V not 1 (64-bit only) 4 (64-bit only) Unlimited (64-bit only)

included

Activity 1-1: Reviewing System Properties

Time Required: 10 minutes
Objective: View system properties of Windows Server 2008.
Description: You need to find some basic information about a Windows Server 2008 installa-
tion, such as the server edition, processors, amount of RAM, and so forth.