The hardware requirements for deployment of the three server roles for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 used in this walkthrough are shown in the following tables.
Table 1. Hardware Requirements for Standard Edition and Communicator Web Access
Hardware component |
Minimum requirement |
CPU |
Dual Processor, quad-core 2.0 GHz+ 4-way processor, dual core 2.0 GHz+ |
Memory |
8 GB |
Disk |
2 x 72 GB, 15k or 10k RPM, RAID 0 or equivalent |
Network |
2 x 1 Gbps network adapter |
Table 2. Hardware Requirements for Edge Server
Hardware component |
Minimum requirement |
CPU |
Dual Processor, quad-core 2.66 GHz+ 4-way processor, dual core 2.66 GHz+ |
Memory |
8 GB |
Disk |
2 x 72 GB, 15k RPM, RAID 0 or equivalent |
Network |
2 x 1 Gbps network adapter |