This topic describes the minimum hardware requirements for servers running Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Standard Edition.

Important:
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 requires 64-bit hardware. The 32-bit hardware used for prior versions of this product cannot be reused for Office Communications Server 2007 R2.

Hardware requirements vary according to server role, topology (Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition in a consolidated configuration, or Enterprise Edition in an expanded configuration), and storage requirements, and are determined by the specific deployment scenario.

The following table describes the minimum hardware requirements for a Standard Edition server.

Table 1. Standard Edition

Hardware component Minimum requirement

CPU
  • Dual processor, quad-core 2.0 GHz+

  • 4-way processor, dual-core 2.0 GHz+

Memory

8 GB

Disk

Local storage with at least 30 GB free disk space

Network

2-port 1 Gbps network adapter (recommended)