Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2003 Family Products

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Web Edition Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Datacenter Edition

System Requirements

Minimum

CPU: Pentium 133* RAM: 128MB** Disk: 1.5GB (x86), 2.0GB (Itanium) CPU: 550MHz or greater RAM: 256MB or more Disk: 2.5GB or more

Recommended

*Datacenter requires minimum of 400Mhz for x86 systems. Datacenter and Enterprise require minimum of 733MHz for Itanium systems. **Datacenter requires 512MB RAM minimum.

Web Edition

New SKU targeted at ISPs/ASPs/Web Farms Only available via selected Partner channels; Not available via Retail channel Native ASP.NET & .NET Framework 2-way SMP 2GB Memory Network Load Balancing Single VPN connection SMB Connection Limit 10 concurrent

Per seat No CALs required

Blocks mainstream messaging, database apps

Web Edition

Disabled/Unavailable Services and Features

Enterprise UDDI Services Removable and Remote Storage FAX Service Services for Macintosh (File/Print) DCPromo Certificate Services Terminal Services Application Mode Windows Media Service Itanium/64-bit support Cluster Service MMS RIS Internet Connection Sharing/Internet Connection Firewall PKI/Smart Cards (client-side only)

Standard Edition

Includes features in Web Edition, plus

Enterprise UDDI Services

Requires MSDE or SQL Server 2000 w/SP3 or later Directory used by applications to locate web services

Internet Authentication Service (50 RADIUS servers max; unlimited users) Internet Connection Firewall (LAN, VPN & PPPoE) Internet Connection Sharing Network Bridge 4-way SMP 4GB memory

Standard Edition

Disabled/Unavailable Services & Features

Itanium/64-bit support Cluster Service Terminal Server Session Directory MMS

Enterprise Edition

Moving from Advanced back to Enterprise Includes features in Standard Edition, plus

Server Clusters (8 nodes!) Supports Itanium Processors 8-way SMP 32GB memory (x86); 64GB memory (Itanium) Integration with Microsoft Metadirectory Services Hot-Add Memory* Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA)* Terminal Services Session Directory (NLB, F5, Radware) Windows System Resource Manager

*Requires OEM hardware support

Datacenter Edition

Only available from Datacenter OEMs

Includes features in Enterprise Edition, plus

64-way SMP 64GB memory (x86); 512GB memory (Itanium) Windows Sockets: Direct access for SANs (Winsock Direct)

Questions?

Ahmad Rifani
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