How does Windows Server 2008 Datacenter differ from Enterprise edition? What are the features of Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Vs Enterprise?
The Enterprise edition for large corporations runs heavy applications like Exchange Server 2007 or SQL Server 2008, which require more memory than other editions. The Enterprise has the resources ADFS and Failover cluster. Enterprise applications are heavy, and work in failover cluster. The 64-bit version supports up to 2TB of RAM and 8 processors SMP configuration. The 32-bit version supports up to 64GB of RAM and up to 8 processors SMP configuration.
The Datacenter edition intends only to large enterprise market. The number of virtual machines used with a single license is unlimited. A license of the Datacenter associates with a physical server in the form of OEM. The servers typically cost tens or hundreds of thousand dollars and the support from those who sold are given to the software and hardware. It’s difficutl for a server to stop because of a faulty motherboard much less by a system error.
