Selection of Windows Server 2008 R2 version

After Microsoft updates the Windows Server operating system to Windows Server 2008 R2, that version no longer provides support for the x86 architecture, only x64 and Itanium 64-bit 64-bit architectures.

The version breakdown for Windows Server 2008 R2 includes:

-) Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (Standard Edition)

-) Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (Enterprise Edition)

-) Windows Server 2008 R2 DataCenter (Data Center Edition)

-) Windows Web Server 2008 R2 (Web Servers edition)

-) Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation (Basic edition)

-) Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 (Standard Edition)

-) Windows Server 2008 R2 for itanium-based Systems (itanium® edition)

At the same time, each version has a corresponding Server Core version. Of course the price for a particular version is the same-whether you choose to install the full version or the Server Core version.

Different versions of hardware-supported technical specifications: (Note: Provides an overview of two technical specifications for memory and CPU only)

-Web and Standard editions: 32G memory and 4 physical CPUs;

-) Enterprise version: 2T memory and 8 physical CPUs;

-) Datacenter Version: 2T memory and 64 physical CPUs;

-) Foundation Version: 8G memory and a physical CPU;

-HPC Version: 128G memory and 4 physical CPUs;

-) Itanium version: This version is more special, designed for the ITANIUM2 processor architecture, with the largest support for 2T memory and 64 physical CPUs;

There are a number of other technical parameters, here are not listed, specific access to Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2 Version Overview page

Http://www.microsoft.com/china/windowsserver2008/r2-editions-overview.aspx