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Topic Last Modified: 2010-07-18

This section details the hardware and software requirements for Director, and the supported collocation scenarios for Director.

Hardware Requirements for Director

The hardware requirements for Director are the same as for many other server roles in Microsoft Communications Server 2010, as follows:

Hardware Requirements for Director

Hardware component Minimum requirement

CPU
  • Dual processor, quad-core 2.0 gigahertz (GHz)+

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

Memory

12 gigabytes (GB)

Disk
  • 10K RPM hard disk drive (HDD)

  • High-performance solid state drive (SSD) with performance equal to or better than 10K RPM HDD

  • 8x RAID 10 (striped and mirrored) 15K RPM disks for database data files

Network
  • Dual 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) network adapters (recommended)

  • Single 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) network adapter (supported)

Software Requirements for Director

The Director server role can be deployed only on servers running Communications Server 2010 Enterprise Edition.

One of the following operating systems is required for all roles of Communications Server 2010 Enterprise Edition, including Front End Server, A/V Conferencing Server, Director, Mediation Server, Edge Server, Archiving Server, and Monitoring Server:

  • The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard, the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 SP2 Enterprise, or the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 SP2 Datacenter

  • The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, or the 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter

Note:
The Datacenter editions of Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 are supported, but their use with Communications Server 2010 has not been fully tested by Microsoft.

Supported Collocation

The Director server role cannot be collocated with any other server role in Communications Server 2010.