Windows Server 2016 Essentials RAM UsageĪfter allowing the setup to complete, we were left with 4.1GB in use before even setting up Active Directory, copying a single file over or running any program. We wanted to see exactly how much RAM was used so we swapped back to our Intel Xeon D testbed with 64GB of RAM. We did want to see exactly how much RAM was used by a default installation. In a modern system, we see little reason in building a Essentials machine with dual processors. We can also see that the system allowed us to use dual Intel Xeon E5-2690 V3 processors for a total of 24 threads and 48 cores. Windows Server 2016 Essentials 64GB RAM LimitĪs you can see with the screenshot above, the system has 256GB of RAM installed but we can see the (64.0 GB usable) noted. Pro and Enterprise) are at 2TB RAM limitations.

We have heard there is a 64GB limit to the OS but that seemed strange given the current Windows 10 Home RAM limit is 128GB and other editions (e.g. We first tested the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials with a dual Intel Xeon E5-2690 V3 system with 256GB of RAM. Testing Windows Server 2016 Essentials Hardware Requirements Strangely enough, the MSDN article that is kept current with limits for every other edition of Windows and Windows Server is silent on the Essentials version limit. Along with those limits, we wanted to test features like dual CPUs, and the 64GB RAM limit.

Microsoft does place limits on the number of AD users (25) as well as AD devices (50) with the Windows Server 2016 Essentials installation.

On the heels of our testing Windows Server 2016 Essentials with the Intel Xeon D platform, we wanted to provide some information that is still slightly hard to find. Windows Server 2016 Essentials 64GB RAM Limit

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