Windows® Windows Server® 2008 R2 

Amplify your business bandwidth

AMD Opteron™ processors and Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2

Taking it to the next level

With the delivery of Windows Server® 2008 R2, AMD and Microsoft have redefined the optimal server solution.   AMD Opteron™ based servers running Windows Server 2008 R2 are equipped with a number of improvements designed at further increasing efficiencies and cost savings.

• Scalability and Reliability
• The AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series Platform delivers performance efficiency to handle real world workloads—with superior value and energy efficiency at every price point. Unlike competitive products focused on raw performance, AMD technology-based servers deliver one platform to support the top-line demands of your business with a total cost advantage you can take right to the bottom line.
• New in Windows Server 2008 R2 is the support for up to 256 logical processors; supporting your most demanding workloads.
• Direct Access, a feature of Windows Server 2008 R2 that lets remote users connect from anywhere, anytime.
• Increased  Power Efficiency
• The AMD-P Suite of power management includes:
• Enhanced AMD PowerNow!™ Technology  with Independent Dynamic Core Technology allows each core to vary its frequency, based on the specific needs of the application. This allows for more precise power management to reduce data center energy consumption and thereby reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).
• Dual Dynamic Power Management™ allows each processor to maximize the power-saving benefits of Enhanced AMD PowerNow! technology without compromising performance. Dual Dynamic Power Management can reduce idle power consumption and allow for per-processor power management in multi-socket systems to decrease power consumption.
• AMD CoolCore™ Technology evaluates which parts of the die - the cores, the memory, or both - are needed to support currently running applications. It can cut power to unused transistor areas to reduce power consumption and lower heat generation.
• AMD PowerCap Manager gives an IT manager the ability to put a cap on the P-state level of the cores via the BIOS.  This can help reduce processor power consumption of a system.
• AMD Smart Fetch Technology enables inactive cores to write contents of their L1 and L2 caches to the shared L3 cache.  This can allow the inactive cores to enter a "halt" state and draw less power, reducing CPU power consumption
• Core Parking, a new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 that automatically consolidates workloads, suspending inactive processor cores.
• Enterprise Ready Virtualization
• Support includes Live Migration, virtual memory management and enhanced desktop virtualization.
• AMD-V™ Technology to optimize your virtualized environment.
• Rapid Virtualization Indexing (RVI) providing virtual memory management to  increase the performance of your virtualized workloads.
• Remote Desktop Services to extend the benefits of virtualization from the datacenter to the desktop.