Windows 2016 Sever

[mr91]

Hello

Does anybody have the direct Microsoft server 2016 hard drive size requirements and general hardware requirements?

 

[rgd1101]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/system-requirements
google work fine for me

 

[jojesa]

Hello

Does anybody have the direct Microsoft server 2016 hard drive size requirements and general hardware requirements?

Even though 32GB is the minimum required, you should have a least twice that amount.
To be comfortable, I would go with 120-128GB, since Windows updates, paging, hibernation, and dump files could make your disk space to grow close to 64GB and sometimes above depending on the type of installation.

 

[Calvin7]

Not all motherboards support that OS.

OS Compatibility Chart for Intel C224 Chipset
https://www.supermicro.com/support/resources/OS/C224.cfm

System requirements:
•Processor: 1.4Ghz 64-bit processor
•RAM: 512 MB
•Disk Space: 32 GB
•Network: Gigabit (10/100/1000baseT) Ethernet adapter
•Optical Storage: DVD drive (if installing the OS from DVD media)
•Video: Super VGA (1024 x 768) or higher-resolution (optional)
•Input Devices: Keyboard and mouse (optional)
•Internet: Broadband access (optional)

 

[mr91]

Thanks Guys,

Do I need to use one my PCI Express SSD or will my Standard Sata SSD's such as ntel® SSD 520 Series work?

 

[mr91]

torage controller and disk space requirements
Computers that run Windows Server 2016 must include a storage adapter that is compliant with the PCI Express architecture specification. Persistent storage devices on servers classified as hard disk drives must not be PATA. Windows Server 2016 does not allow ATA/PATA/IDE/EIDE for boot, page, or data drives.

The following are the estimated minimum disk space requirements for the system partition.

Minimum: 32 GB

 

[jojesa]

Thanks Guys,

Do I need to use one my PCI Express SSD or will my Standard Sata SSD's such as ntel® SSD 520 Series work?

At work I have two Dell PowerEdge T330 and they came with SATA HDD.
I swapped the with Kingston KC400 SATA SSD, so I assumed that SATA SSD does work.
The only thing I notice is that the speed of the drives is lower on both Win Server 2016 compared to a Windows 10 PC.

 

[mr91]

Thanks Buddy!