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Platform
Intel Pentium 4/Xeon/Core 2 DUO/AMD Opteron/Athlon
Version
2008
License
No. of instances of server software that you run
Packaging
ESD/Box Pack
 
  Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is a stand-alone product that provides a simplified, reliable, cost-effective and optimized virtualization solution enabling organizations to improve server utilization and reduce costs. It allows organizations to consolidate workloads onto a single physical server and is a good solution for organizations who want a basic and simplified virtualization solution for consolidating servers as well as for development and test environments. Low utilization infrastructure workloads, departmental applications and simple branch office workloads are also candidates to virtualize using Hyper-V Server 2008.

Hyper-V Server 2008 is a cost-effective solution that is convenient because it plugs into existing IT infrastructures enabling companies to reduce costs, improve utilization and provision new servers. It allows IT professionals to leverage existing patching, provisioning, management and support tools and processes. IT Professionals can continue to leverage their individual skills and the collective knowledge of Microsoft tools, minimizing the learning curve to manage Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008. In addition, with Microsoft providing comprehensive support for Microsoft applications and heterogeneous guest operating systems support, customers can virtualize with confidence and peace of mind.

Key Features
  • Improved server utilization
  • Small footprint
  • Minimal overhead
System Requirements

Supported Operating SystemsWindows Server 2008

  • Note: Hyper-V Server 2008 is a 64-bit only technology and requires a 64-bit capable hardware with Intel VT or AMD-V technology enabled.
  • Minimum CPU speed : 1 GHz; Recommended: 2 GHz or faster
  • RAM : Minimum: 1 GB RAM; Recommended: 2+ GB RAM; Maximum 32 GB
  • Required Available disk space: 2GB of available hard disk space (additional disk space needed for each guest operating system)

Processor Support: Intel Pentium 4, Xeon, Core 2 DUO processor; AMD Opteron, Athlon 64, Athlon X2, Hardware Data Execution Protection (DEP) must be available and be enabled. Specifically, you must enable Intel XD bit (execute disable bit) or AMD NX bit (no execute bit).

 
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