Win7 vs WinServer2k8 for SQL installation

• steve 87491

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  December 1, 2011 at 2:51 am

  #391004

  Is there any performanace/functional difference for using Windows 7 64 or Windows Server 2008R2 for SQL Server installation?

  My server only have 8G Ram, Single CPU of 8 core and RAID 1 SAS

  Thanks for help.

• Ant-Green

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  December 1, 2011 at 2:58 am

  #1415102

  If its running on a server I would always run a server OS, if your running it on a desktop for DEV reasons then either or.

  If its a production server, then always a server OS.

  Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2008 R2

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506%28v=SQL.150%29.aspx