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Overview

Powerfully productive – Together

Microsoft Windows® Server 2008 R2 and HP ProLiant bring together the world’s leading server hardware and software innovations, applications, resources and support to help you and your business be more productive, achieve more with your investment, and keep your business running smoothly.

Windows Server 2008 R2 builds on the award-winning foundation of Windows Server 2008, expanding existing technology and adding new features to enable IT professionals to increase the reliability and flexibility of their server infrastructures. New virtualization tools, Web resources, management enhancements, and exciting Windows 7 integration help save time, reduce costs, and provide a platform for a dynamic and efficiently managed data center.

What's new

Server solutions with everything you need to help your business be more productive

Web Application Platform

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 includes many enhancements that make this release the most robust Windows Server Web application platform yet. It offers an updated Web server role, Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5, and greater support for .NET on Server Core.

Virtualization

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 provides the following virtualization types: Client and Server virtualization provided by Hyper-V and Presentation virtualization with Remote Desktop Services.

Scalability and Reliability

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 is capable of unprecedented workload size, dynamic scalability, and across-the-board availability and reliability. A host of new and updated features will be available, including leveraging sophisticated CPU architectures, increased operating system componentization, and improved performance and scalability for applications and services.

Management

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 has new features to reduce the ongoing management of Windows Server 2008 R2 and to reduce the administrative effort for common day-to-day operational tasks.

Ideal environment

Ideal for...

Windows Server 2008 R2 is an advanced server platform that provides more cost-effective and reliable support for business and mission-critical workloads.  

Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications and large-scale virtualization on small and large servers.

Windows Web Server 2008 R2 allows you to manage the most demanding environments - from a dedicated Web server to an entire Web server farm.

Edition comparison

Web Server Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Datacenter Edition
Maximum RAM 32GB (x64) 32GB (x64) 2 TB (x64) 2 TB (x64)
Multiprocessor Support 4P 4P 8P 64P
Virtualized Guest Instances included with OS None 1 + host 4 + host Unlimited + host
Disk space for setup

Minimum 32GB or greater

Note: Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files
Other Requirements

DVD Drive
Super-VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitor
Keyboard and Microsoft
Mouse or compatible pointing device

Internet access (fees may apply)
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