Hardware and Software requirements for SharePoint Server 2010

Hardware and Software requirements for SharePoint Server 2010

Harware Requirements
Processor --> 64-bit, dual processor, 3 GHz
RAM --> 4 GB for stand-alone or evaluation installation (or) 8 GB for single server and multiple server farm installation for production use
Hard disk --> 80 GB

Software Requirements

Database server in a farm: The 64-bit edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 3 (SP3), or the 64-bit edition of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 with Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Stand-alone server
1) The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 Standard with SP2
2) Web Server (IIS) role
3) Application Server role
4) Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1
5) SQL Server 2008 Express with SP1
6) Microsoft "Geneva" Framework
7) Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 (x64)
8) Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0
9) Microsoft Chart Controls for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
10) Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP3
11) SQL Server 2008 Native Client
12) Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services ADOMD.NET
13) ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 CTP2

Front-end Web servers and application servers in a farm
1) The 64-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 Standard with SP2
2) Web Server (IIS) role
3) Application Server role
4) Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5 SP1
5) Microsoft "Geneva" Framework
6) Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime v1.0 (x64)
7) Microsoft Filter Pack 2.0
8) Microsoft Chart Controls for the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
9) Windows PowerShell 2.0 CTP3
10) SQL Server 2008 Native Client
11) Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services ADOMD.NET
12) ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 CTP2

Client computer
1) Microsoft Silverlight 3.0
2) A supported browser