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Hi All,<br />
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Could someone provide me with the best way to configure a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit on an HP Proliant DL380p Gen8 server with SQL Server 2008 R2?<br />
It's a dedicated database server with 32GB RAM that is, no other applications will be on the server and it will be running most of the SQL services. I was of the opinion that I could just leave the Page File to be determined by the System but not too sure about that. As a reluctant dba (came about as a result of the last guy leaving) I'd be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.
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Hi All,

Could someone provide me with the best way to configure a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit on an HP Proliant DL380p Gen8 server with SQL Server 2008 R2?
It's a dedicated database server with 32GB RAM that is, no other applications will be on the server and it will be running most of the SQL services. I was of the opinion that I could just leave the Page File to be determined by the System but not too sure about that. As a reluctant dba (came about as a result of the last guy leaving) I'd be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.

SQL 2008 R2 on 64Bit Memory Configuration BEst Practice

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Microsoft server applications are those applications developed specifically, but not necessarily exclusively, on the Windows Server platform. In addition to well-known products like SQL Server, Exchange, Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft Dynamics, Forefront, Lync and Sharepoint, they include applications like Skype, BizTalk, Hyper-V, Groove and Commerce Server. Server applications are managed with the Microsoft System Center.