When determining hardware requirements to install and run Windows Server 2008 and any application or services you are about to run on the server, you need to focus on three hardware resources with keeping in mind the rule “The more the better”:

1. Memory:
Minimum: 512 MB
Recommended: 1 GB
Optimal: 2 GB.

2. Processor:

Minimum: 1 Ghz
Recommended: 2Ghz
Optimal: 3 Ghz

3. Disk space:
Minimum: 10GB
Recommended: 40GB
Optimal: 80GB

NOTE: The recommended requirements consider only what is needed to run the system without any extra services and applications.
If you decided to increase the system memory above 16GB then you have to increase the disk space requirements to accommodate the paging, hibernation, and the dump file. For paging (pagefile) this is true only if the pagefile kept on the system partition.

Tip:
You can use Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit a free tool from Microsoft to assess and create a complete report of your current IT infrastructure and determine the right Microsoft technologies solution.

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