Basic Requirements of a SQL SERVER 2005

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Requirement for 32 bit platform

For any of the following Edition, the requirements are as follows -

a) SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition

> Pentium III compatible processor or higher required
> Minimum: 500 MHz Recommended: 1 GHz or higher
> Minimum: 512 MB Recommended: 1 GB or more Maximum: OS maximum

b) SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition

> Pentium III compatible processor or higher required
> Minimum: 500 MHz Recommended: 1 GHz or higher
> Minimum: 512 MB Recommended: 1 GB or more Maximum: OS maximum

c) SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition

> Pentium III compatible processor or higher required
> Minimum: 500 MHz Recommended: 1 GHz or higher
> Minimum: 512 MB Recommended: 1 GB or more Maximum: OS maximum

d) SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition

> Pentium III compatible processor or higher required
> Minimum: 500 MHz Recommended: 1 GHz or higher
> Minimum: 512 MB Recommended: 1 GB or more Maximum: 3 GB

e) SQL Server 2005 Express Edition

> Pentium III compatible processor or higher required
> Minimum: 500 MHz Recommended: 1 GHz or higher
> Minimum: 128 MB Recommended: 512 MB or more Maximum: 1 GB

Requirement for the 64 bit platform

a) SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition4

> IA64 minimum: Itanium processor or higher X64 minimum: AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64, Intel Xenon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support
> IA64 minimum: 733 MHz IA64 recommended: 733 MHz or more X64 minimum: 1 GHz X64 recommended: 1 GHz or more
> IA64 minimum: 512 MB IA64 recommended: 1 GB or more IA64 maximum: 32 TB X64 minimum:512 MB X64 recommended: 1 GB or more X64 maximum: 32 TB

b) SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition

> IA64 minimum: Itanium processor or higher X64 minimum: AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64, Intel Xenon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support
> IA64 minimum: 733 MHz IA64 recommended: 733 MHz or more X64 minimum: 1 GHz X64 recommended: 1 GHz or more
> IA64 minimum: 512 MB IA64 recommended: 1 GB or more IA64 maximum: 32 TB X64 minimum:512 MB X64 recommended: 1 GB or more X64 maximum: 32 TB

c) SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition

> IA64 minimum: Itanium processor or higher X64 minimum: AMD Opteron, AMD Athlon 64, Intel Xenon with Intel EM64T support, Intel Pentium IV with EM64T support
> IA64 minimum: 733 MHz IA64 recommended: 733 MHz or more X64 minimum: 1 GHz X64 recommended: 1 GHz or more
> IA64 minimum: 512 MB IA64 recommended: 1 GB or more IA64 maximum: 32 TB X64 minimum:512 MB X64 recommended: 1 GB or more X64 maximum: 32 TB

Disk Requirements

> Database Engine and data files, Replication, and Full-text Search - 150 MB
> Analysis Services and data files - 35 KB
> Reporting Services and Report Manager - 40 MB
> Notification Services engine components, client components, and rules components - 5 MB
> Integration Services - 9 MB
> Client Components - 12 MB
> Management Tools - 70 MB
> Development Tools - 20 MB
> SQL Server Books Online and SQL Server Mobile Books Online - 15 MB

Other Requirements

> Resolution - 1024 x 768
> DVD Drive - Required
> Cluster installations - For 32 and 64 bit platforms eight node cluster installations required
> Operating System - Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98 or Windows ME
> End points - Introduces new concept of server connections called Transact SQL endpoint.
> Internet - Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 or later is required for SQL Server Management Studio, Business Intelligence Management Studio, the Report Designer component of reporting services.
> Software Requirements - Microsoft Windows Installer 3.0 , Microsoft Windows .NET Framework 2.0 , Reporting services require MDAC 2.8 on Windows 2000 , SQLXML requires MDAC 2.6 or higher on Windows 2000 , SQL Server Failover clusters require Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) on at least one node of the server cluster.

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This SQL Server 2005 Express Edition will also requires the .NET Framework 2.0.