windows server 2003 hardware requirements

October 7, 2011

Windows server 2003 hardware requirements are stated below. Please note these are the minimum requirements for a stable windows server 2003.

Requirement	Standard Edition	Enterprise Edition	Datacenter Edition	Web Edition
Minimum CPU Speed	133 MHz	133 MHz for x86-based computers733 MHz for Itanium-based computers*	400 MHz for x86-based computers733 MHz for Itanium-based computers*	133 MHz
Recommended CPU Speed	550 MHz	733 MHz	733 MHz	550 MHz
Minimum RAM	128 MB	128 MB	512 MB	128 MB
Recommended Minimum RAM	256 MB	256 MB	1 GB	256 MB
Maximum RAM	4 GB	32 GB for x86-based computers512 GB for Itanium-based computers*	64 GB for x86-based computers512 GB for Itanium-based computers*	2 GB
Multiprocessor Support **	Up to 4	Up to 8	Minimum 8 requiredMaximum 64	Up to 2
Disk Space for Setup	1.5 GB	1.5 GB for x86-based computers2.0 GB for Itanium-based computers*	1.5 GB for x86-based computers2.0 GB for Itanium-based computers*	1.5 GB

I believe, a good beefy hardware configuration with 1.0 GHz, 512 MB RAM with Hard Drive of 20GB. for a computer running Windows Server 2003 is a processor in excess of 900MHz, with 512MB of RAM and three 20 GBSCSI drives .