Overview
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise is an advanced server platform that provides more cost-effective and reliable support for mission-critical workloads. It offers innovative features for virtualization, power savings, and manageability and helps make it easier for mobile workers to access company resources.
Features
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise offers the following features over and above the Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard:
- Support for 2 terabytes of RAM
- Scalable up to 8 x64/64-bit processors
- Host + 4 virtual image use rights
- Support for a 16-node failover cluster
- Hot Add/Replace Memory and Processors with supporting hardware
- Fault-tolerant memory synchronization
- Cross-file replication (DFS-R)
- Virtually unlimited Network Access Service connections (RRAS and IAS)
- Virtually unlimited Network Policy Server connections
- Virtually unlimited Remote Services Gateway connections
- AD Rights Management Services
- BranchCache Content Server
- BranchCache Hosted Server
- DirectAccess
- Hyper-V
- Network Access Protection (NAP)
- Remote Desktop Services
- Internet Information Services 7.5
- Server Core Support
- Server Manager
- Windows Powershell 2.0
System Requirements
- Processor
- Minimum: 1.4 GHz (x64 processor)
- Note: An Intel Itanium 2 processor is required for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems
- Memory
- Minimum: 512 MB RAM
- Maximum: 8 GB (Foundation) or 32 GB (Standard) or 2 TB (Enterprise, Datacenter, and Itanium-Based Systems)
- Disk Space Requirements
- Minimum: 32 GB or greater
- Foundation: 10 GB or greater
- Note: Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files
- Display
- Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution monitor
- Other
- DVD Drive, Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse (or compatible pointing device), Internet access (fees may apply)
