I will be purchasing a vps soon and I there are two possible operating system that I can use, Windows Server 2012 Standard and Windows Server 2008. The vps will only have 1gb of ram. Memory wise what would be the better operating system.
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Even though this may not be a very good question. The clear answer without a doubt is Windows 2012.
Windows 2008 has no advantages over 2012 in terms of low-memory scenarios.
Windows 2012 on the other hand, was designed more than ever, especially with virtualization scenarios in mind where limited memory or hypervisor-enabled dynamic memory is available.
PS: Both operating systems will run with 750MB of RAM.
Besides the operating system, other applications have to be taken into account when you consider RAM. Applications like:
Also, if you're running Hyper-V, you will have to take into consideration the RAM consumed for each virtual machine. So it's not simply OS - it's also what you install on top of the OSes.