Hardware requirements
The following memory and processor requirements apply to all editions of SQL Server:
Note : Installation of SQL Server is supported on x64 processors only. It is no longer supported on x86 processors.
* The minimum memory required for installing the Data Quality Server component in Data Quality Services (DQS) is 2 GB of RAM, which is different from the SQL Server minimum memory requirement. For information about installing DQS, see
Install Data Quality Services.
Software requirements
The following requirements apply to all installations:
SQL Server Setup installs the following software components required by the product:
- SQL Server Native Client
- SQL Server Setup support files