Today I wanted to download FAST Search to have a look at it, but seeing the requirements I can not install it on my VHD. Unfortunately! 
The requirements are:
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
The requirements below apply to single server with built-in database installations and server farm installations that include a single server or multiple servers in the farm.
Hardware Requirements
Processor
Minimum: 64-bit, 4 CPU cores, 2.0 GHz
Recommended: 64-bit, 8 CPU cores, 2.0 GHz
RAM
Minimum: 4 GB
Recommended: 16 GB
Hard Disk
Minimum: 50 GB
Recommended: 1 TB RAID* across 6 spindles
Other
DVD Drive
In general, RAID5 configurations with 128 KB stripe size provides a good combination of performance and reliability as content storage for FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint. Different RAID controllers have varying sweet spots for operation. SAS disks are recommended over SATA. Within a fixed power and cost budget, performance will be better with a larger number of 10k RPM disks compared to a smaller number of 15k RPM disk.
Software Requirements
Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64
Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
The server must be fully patched and restarted before you install FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint.
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