Guest Tom Del Rosso Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 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.) -- Reply in group, but if emailing add another zero, and remove the last word.
Guest Charlie Russel - MVP Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Re: Disk requirements of next version of Windows Server 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. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel "Tom Del Rosso" <td_01@att.net.invalid> wrote in message news:efW1yBKwHHA.4916@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > 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.) > > > -- > > Reply in group, but if emailing add another > zero, and remove the last word. > >
Guest Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Re: Disk requirements of next version of Windows Server 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.) > >
Guest Tom Del Rosso Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: Disk requirements of next version of Windows Server "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? -- Reply in group, but if emailing add another zero, and remove the last word.
Guest Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP] Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: Disk requirements of next version of Windows Server Your subject says Windows Server...but posted in SBS do you mean Windows Server 2008 or the next version of SBS, code named Cougar? -- Cris Hanna [sBS-MVP] ------------------------------------------------- Microsoft MVPs Independent Experts (MVPs do not work for MS) Real World Answers --------------------------------------------------------- Please do not contact me directly regarding issues "Tom Del Rosso" <td_01@att.net.invalid> wrote in message news:uHGjN2wwHHA.4800@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > "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? > > -- > > Reply in group, but if emailing add another > zero, and remove the last word. > >
Guest Tom Del Rosso Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: Disk requirements of next version of Windows Server "Cris Hanna [sBS-MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@computingnospampossibilities.net> wrote in message news:%23tlmV$wwHHA.3364@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl > Your subject says Windows Server...but posted in SBS > do you mean Windows Server 2008 or the next version of SBS, code named > Cougar? Both acually, or whichever needs more space, since either might be installed in the future. -- Reply in group, but if emailing add another zero, and remove the last word.
Guest Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP] Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: Disk requirements of next version of Windows Server There is not enough known about Cougar yet to adequately estimate what will be needed in each partition yet. And we probably won't see it until sometime after Beta 2 is out...no eta on that. Charlie Russel has already mentioned the requirements for Windows Server 2008, which cougar will be based on Hard Disk Minimum: 8GB Recommended: 40GB (Full installation) or 10GB (Server Core installation) Optimal: 80GB (Full installation) or 40GB (Server Core installation) or more The complete System Requirements for Windows Server 2008 are here http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/sysreqs.mspx -- Cris Hanna [sBS-MVP] ------------------------------------------------- Microsoft MVPs Independent Experts (MVPs do not work for MS) Real World Answers --------------------------------------------------------- Please do not contact me directly regarding issues "Tom Del Rosso" <td_01@att.net.invalid> wrote in message news:Oj2tcNxwHHA.560@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > "Cris Hanna [sBS-MVP]" > <crisnospamhanna@computingnospampossibilities.net> wrote in message > news:%23tlmV$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. > > -- > > Reply in group, but if emailing add another > zero, and remove the last word. > >
Guest Michael M. Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: Disk requirements of next version of Windows Server 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 > > > > -- > Cris Hanna [sBS-MVP] > ------------------------------------------------- > Microsoft MVPs > Independent Experts (MVPs do not work for MS) > Real World Answers > --------------------------------------------------------- > Please do not contact me directly regarding issues > > "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. >> >> -- >> >> Reply in group, but if emailing add another >> zero, and remove the last word. >> >> > >
Guest kj [SBS MVP] Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: Disk requirements of next version of Windows Server 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. ;-) -- /kj
Guest Hollis Paul Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: Disk requirements of next version of Windows Server 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? -- Hollis Paul Mukilteo, WA USA
Guest Hollis Paul Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Re: Disk requirements of next version of Windows Server 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! -- Hollis Paul Mukilteo, WA USA
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