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тАО06-22-2009 10:42 PM
тАО06-22-2009 10:42 PM
would like to know how much physical RAM can support for windows 2008,
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тАО06-22-2009 11:56 PM
тАО06-22-2009 11:56 PM
Re: how much ram can support
It depends on the hardware and the Operating System Edition.
As a quick guide:
For x86 RAM:
Windows 2008 Standard Edition: up to 4 GB
Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition: up to 64 GB.
Please, see below:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/compare-specs.aspx
Hope it helps.
Edgar.
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тАО06-23-2009 12:26 AM
тАО06-23-2009 12:26 AM
Re: how much ram can support
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тАО06-23-2009 12:28 AM
тАО06-23-2009 12:28 AM
Solutionhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_server_2003
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тАО06-23-2009 12:36 AM
тАО06-23-2009 12:36 AM
Re: how much ram can support
The maximum amount of memory that can be supported on Windows Server 2003 is also 4 GB.
W2K3 Enterprise Edition supports 32 GB.
W2K3 Datacenter Edition supports 64 GB.
Whenever you add over 4 GB RAM you must use the PAE switch.
Check this out:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/pae_os.mspx
It goes like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Windows Server 2003, Enterprise" /fastdetect /PAE
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283037/en-us
Hope it helps.
Edgar.