Specifications

Hardware and Software Requirements CHAPTER 1 15
HARDWARE COMPONENT REQUIREMENTS
Disk Space Database Engine: 280 MB
Analysis Services: 90 MB
Reporting Services: 120 MB
Integration Services: 120 MB
Client components: 850 MB
SQL Server Books Online: 240 MB
TABLE 1-2 Software Requirements
SOFTWARE COMPONENT REQUIREMENTS
Operating system Windows Server 2003 SP2 x64 Datacenter, Enterprise, or Stan-
dard edition
or
The 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008 SP2 Datacenter,
Datacenter without Hyper-V, Enterprise, Enterprise without
Hyper-V, Standard, Standard without Hyper-V, or Windows
Web Server 2008
or
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard, or
Windows Web Server
.NET Framework Minimum: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
SQL Server support tools
and software
SQL Server 2008 R2 - SQL Server Native Client
SQL Server 2008 R2 - SQL Server Setup Support Files
Minimum: Windows Installer 4.5
Internet Explorer Minimum: Windows Internet Explorer 6 SP1
Virtualization Windows Server 2008 R2
or
Windows Server 2008
or
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008
or
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
NOTE Server hardware has offered both 32-bit and 64-bit processors for several years,
however, Windows Server 2008 R2 is 64-bit only. Please take this into consideration when
planning SQL Server 2008 R2 deployments on Windows Server 2008 R2.