Disk requirements of next version of Windows Server

[Tom Del Rosso]

Any idea how big the next version of Windows Server is going to be, so newly
installed boot partitions can accommodate an upgrade later? (I'm thinking
about a partition without a pagefile.)


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[Charlie Russel - MVP]

It will depend on which version you install (Core takes a lot less than
regular). But figure a minimum of 40 GB for a partition size on a brand new
clean volume. Frankly, if installing and building today, I'd go with closer
to twice that. But keep in mind that there won't be an upgrade path, as
such, between 32-bit Windows and 64-bit Windows. You'll always have to do a
clean install.

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"Tom Del Rosso" <td_01@att.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> Any idea how big the next version of Windows Server is going to be, so
> newly
> installed boot partitions can accommodate an upgrade later? (I'm thinking
> about a partition without a pagefile.)
>
>
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[Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]]

You do realize that the next version of Windows server for SBSera will
only be 64 bit thus you ain't upgradin' that puppy.

Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> Any idea how big the next version of Windows Server is going to be, so newly
> installed boot partitions can accommodate an upgrade later? (I'm thinking
> about a partition without a pagefile.)
>
>

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
wrote in message news:%23hzLtOMwHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl
> You do realize that the next version of Windows server for SBSera will
> only be 64 bit thus you ain't upgradin' that puppy.

But even if you have to do a clean install, wouldn't it be better if you
didn't have to delete and resize your data partition as well?

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[Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]]

Your subject says Windows Server...but posted in SBS
do you mean Windows Server 2008 or the next version of SBS, code named
Cougar?

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"Tom Del Rosso" <td_01@att.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
> wrote in message news:%23hzLtOMwHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl
>> You do realize that the next version of Windows server for SBSera will
>> only be 64 bit thus you ain't upgradin' that puppy.
>
> But even if you have to do a clean install, wouldn't it be better if you
> didn't have to delete and resize your data partition as well?
>
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[Tom Del Rosso]

"Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]"
<crisnospamhanna@computingnospampossibilities.net> wrote in message
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> Your subject says Windows Server...but posted in SBS
> do you mean Windows Server 2008 or the next version of SBS, code named
> Cougar?

Both acually, or whichever needs more space, since either might be installed
in the future.

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[Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]]

There is not enough known about Cougar yet to adequately estimate what will
be needed in each partition yet.
And we probably won't see it until sometime after Beta 2 is out...no eta on
that.

Charlie Russel has already mentioned the requirements for Windows Server
2008, which cougar will be based on

Hard Disk

Minimum: 8GB
Recommended: 40GB (Full installation) or 10GB (Server Core
installation)
Optimal: 80GB (Full installation) or 40GB (Server Core installation)
or more



The complete System Requirements for Windows Server 2008 are here
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/sysreqs.mspx



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"Tom Del Rosso" <td_01@att.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]"
> <crisnospamhanna@computingnospampossibilities.net> wrote in message
> news:%23tlmV$wwHHA.3364@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl
>> Your subject says Windows Server...but posted in SBS
>> do you mean Windows Server 2008 or the next version of SBS, code named
>> Cougar?
>
> Both acually, or whichever needs more space, since either might be
> installed
> in the future.
>
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[Michael M.]

The beta of the Windows server installs requiring about 8GB for the GUI
version. Thats just the server no Exchange, no SQL server etc.

I have it running on virtual machine just to have a look at it.

"Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@computingnospampossibilities.net>
wrote in message news:OvgKWTywHHA.4464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> There is not enough known about Cougar yet to adequately estimate what
> will be needed in each partition yet.
> And we probably won't see it until sometime after Beta 2 is out...no eta
> on that.
>
> Charlie Russel has already mentioned the requirements for Windows Server
> 2008, which cougar will be based on
>
> Hard Disk
>
> Minimum: 8GB
> Recommended: 40GB (Full installation) or 10GB (Server Core
> installation)
> Optimal: 80GB (Full installation) or 40GB (Server Core installation)
> or more
>
>
>
> The complete System Requirements for Windows Server 2008 are here
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/sysreqs.mspx
>
>
>
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>
> "Tom Del Rosso" <td_01@att.net.invalid> wrote in message
> news:Oj2tcNxwHHA.560@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> "Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]"
>> <crisnospamhanna@computingnospampossibilities.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23tlmV$wwHHA.3364@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl
>>> Your subject says Windows Server...but posted in SBS
>>> do you mean Windows Server 2008 or the next version of SBS, code named
>>> Cougar?
>>
>> Both acually, or whichever needs more space, since either might be
>> installed
>> in the future.
>>
>> --
>>
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>>
>>
>
>

 

[kj [SBS MVP]]

Hollis Paul wrote:
> In article <OvgKWTywHHA.4464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Cris Hanna
> [SBS-MVP] wrote:
>> Optimal: 80GB (Full installation) or 40GB (Server Core installation)
>> or more
>>
> I betcha that is more memory than the Univac 1108 main frame that I
> worked on at Douglas Aircraft, way back when we submitted cards on
> punch decks. When did Microsoft get into the mainframe business? And
> do the big guys know?

Sure would take one heck of a stack of cards to fill 80GB and half a
lifetime to load it. Reboots would really bite. -)

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[Hollis Paul]

In article <OvgKWTywHHA.4464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, Cris Hanna
[SBS-MVP] wrote:
> Optimal: 80GB (Full installation) or 40GB (Server Core installation)
> or more
>
I betcha that is more memory than the Univac 1108 main frame that I
worked on at Douglas Aircraft, way back when we submitted cards on
punch decks. When did Microsoft get into the mainframe business? And
do the big guys know?

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[Hollis Paul]

In article <O3f3mS0wHHA.2040@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, Kj [SBS MVP] wrote:
> Sure would take one heck of a stack of cards to fill 80GB and half a
> lifetime to load it. Reboots would really bite. -)
>
The areo guys had jobs that were 5 to 10 boxes (2000 cards each). Mine
were never that large. Fortunately, it was a batch operation and we
just submitted the jobs to computing and picked up the printed output.
The ugly details didn't matter much to us--except when it reported 10K
errors. Alas, only the first couple mattered, as the rest were
cascaded errors dependent on the first two. But successful programmers
walked bigger than life!

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