Windows Server High-End Editions

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise helps provide unprecedented levels of system uptime, the latest security advances, and the scalability to support the growth of mission-critical applications. It also provides a cost-effective way to realize the benefits of virtualization. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise is an optimal operating system for servers running applications such as networking, messaging, inventory, databases, and customer service systems.

Windows Server 2008 Datacenter delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications and large-scale virtualization on small and large servers. Improve availability with clustering and dynamic hardware partitioning capabilities. Reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with unlimited virtualization licensing rights. Scale from 2 to 64 processors. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter provides a foundation on which to build enterprise-class virtualization and scale-up solutions.

Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems provides a solid foundation for demanding business-critical applications. Scale solutions to meet ever-growing IT needs with support for up to 64 processors and 2 terabytes of RAM. Deliver highly available solutions with eight-node clusters and dynamic partitioning capabilities, such as hot add/replace processor and RAM. Take advantage of virtualization to consolidate servers and reduce costs with unlimited virtual instance rights. Combined with the reliability, availability, and scalability features of the Itanium processor and server hardware, Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems provides an enterprise-class foundation for large databases, line-of-business applications, and custom applications.

The benefits and cost savings of Windows Server 2008 extend to Windows HPC Server 2008 for your high performance computing (HPC) environment. Windows HPC Server 2008 is built on Windows Server 2008, x64-bit technology and can efficiently scale to thousands of processing cores with out-of-the-box functionality to improve the productivity, and reduce the complexity of your HPC environment. Windows HPC Server 2008 enables broader adoption by providing a rich and integrated end-user experience that scales from the desktop application to the clusters, and includes a comprehensive set of deployment, administration, and monitoring tools that are easy to deploy, manage, and integrate with your existing infrastructure.