AppFabric – Pre Requisites

AppFabric is available for free and can be downloaded from the following Microsoft’s site

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15848

The following are the pre requisites for installing AppFabric caching.

Supported Operating System
Windows Server AppFabric can be installed on the following operating systems:
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Supported Architectures:
32-bit (x86)
64-bit (x64)

Hardware requirements:
Minimum Hard Disk Space: 2GB
Computer with an Intel Pentium-compatible CPU that is 1 GHz or faster for single processors; 900 MHz or faster for dual processors; or 700 MHz or faster for quad processors.

Software requirements:
All features of Windows Server AppFabric require a .NET Framework version to function. The specific version required is dependent on which features you wish to use:
Hosting services require Microsoft .NET Framework 4
Hosting administration requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4
Caching service requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and optionally requires Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
Cache client requires either Microsoft .NET Framework 4 or Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
Cache administration requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4
Internet Information Services (IIS) 7
Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 Hotfix #980423
IIS Web Deployment tool
Windows PowerShell 2.0 (final version) (this is not required for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users)