Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise X64 - Edition

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise is aimed towards medium to large businesses.  It is a full-function server operating system that supports up to 8 physical processors and provides enterprise-class features such as eight-node clustering using Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) software and support for up to 64 GB of RAM through PAE (added with the /PAE boot string).  Enterprise Edition also comes in specialized versions for the x64 and Itanium architectures. With Service Pack 2 installed, the x64 and Itanium versions are capable of addressing up to 1 TB and 2 TB of RAM, respectively.  This edition also supports Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA).  It also provides the ability to hot-add supported hardware.  Windows Server 2003 Enterprise is also the required edition to issue custom certificate templates.

 Windows Server 2003 x64 provides high performance for both 32-bit and 64-bit applications on the same system. The underlying architecture is based on 64-bit extensions to the industry-standard x86 instruction set, allowing today's 32-bit applications to run natively on x64 processors such as the AMD Opteron and the Intel Xeon with Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology (EM64T). At the same time, new 64-bit applications are executed in 64-bit mode, which processes more data per clock cycle, allows greater access to memory, and speeds numeric calculations. The end result is a platform that leverages the existing wealth of 32-bit applications while also providing a smooth migration path to 64-bit computing.

Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition is well-suited for High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters, Terminal Services, Active Directory data stores larger than 2 GB, databases, business applications, Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, and memory-bound applications that do not require more than four processors.

License Quantity : 1 server, 25 clients

Required Memory : 512 MB

Required Disk Space : 4 GB

Required Processor Speed : 1.4 GHz

Manufacturer Part Number : P72-01058