System requirements Windows Server 2008

System requirements for Windows Server 2008 are as follows:

	Minimum for Windows Server 2008	Recommended for Windows Server 2008	Minimum for Windows Server 2008 R2	Recommended for Windows Server 2008 R2
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, Data center) Maximum (64-bit systems): 8 GB (Foundation) or 32 GB RAM (Standard) or 2 TB RAM (Enterprise, Data center 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. Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files	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	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
Optical drive	DVD-ROM
Devices	Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitor, keyboard and mouse