Windows 7 and servers
If I used Windows 7 as the OS on a genuine server i.e. DELL Poweredge will Win7 take advantage of the server architecture?
June 22nd, 2012 5:28pm
1. What do you expect from installing Windows 7 on server hardware? Remember that Windows 7 is aimed at ONE user and no more that one user can login.
2. I expect that you can install Windows 7 in server hardware, but desktop operating system is NOT officially supported by hardware vendor.
Regards
Milos
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June 23rd, 2012 2:45am
Hi,
Regarding the hardware compatibility issue, you can contact DELL to check whether the Poweredge could install Windows 7.
In addition, I would like to tell you that Windows 7 will only use up to the maximum value. So a 32-bit installation of Windows 7 on a 8 GB RAM system will only show 4 GB available for use. In this particular case it will actually show less than 4 GB,
due to limitations in the x86 architecture.
Note: For the purposes of Windows licensing, physical processors are counted. For example, a processor with 2 cores, with Hyperthreading enabled on each core still counts as
only one physical processor
You can refer to the following table:
Edition:
Starter
Home Basic and Home Premium
Professional
Ultimate
Processors
1 Physical
1 Physical
2 Physical
2 Physical
Memory
2 GB for 32-bit
(no 64-bit)
4 GB for 32-bit 16 GB on 64-bit
4 GB for 32-bit 128 GB on 64-bit
4 GB for 32-bit 128 GB on 64-bit
Hope this helps.
Vincent Wang
TechNet Community Support
June 26th, 2012 5:04am