How does PC2700 affect an 800 FSB in the DL360?

[Elle_4]

Will the PC2700 SDRAM affect the 800MHZ FSB in the DL360 Xeon 3.4GHz?

[JohnWRuffo]

Elle:
You must use PC2700 DDR 333 Registered SDRAM in the DL360G4 server.

You can install up to 8GB of RAM in the server.
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11937_na/11937_na.html

[Elle_4]

Thank you for taking the time to reply John. What I was really curious about is why the pc3200 is not listed in the HP Bulletin and does the pc2700 slow down the FSB?

[JohnWRuffo]

Ah! Well... Knowing HP engineering they would test to find the most stable of components to include in the server. And I say "server", because unlike a desktop which may get re-booted every day or more a server is expected to run for months on end without any interference. I am sure the bus would benefit from faster RAM, but I would guess they found the lesser ram a more stable component to deploy on.
This is just a guess, but as I have spoken face to face with a few of the designers and engineers at HP and previously with Compaq on the ProLiant line, I know they choose the conservative path and stability over the long run that to rush out with the latest and greatest bleeding edge and find that the systems are not a stable as they need them to be.
We end users are an ornery bunch and we can complain at the drop of a hat when our expectations are not met with a product.

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology/whitepapers/index.html

-john

[JohnWRuffo · Accepted solution]

There are few whitepaper and other technology papers you can read on ProLiant momory, here:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/options/memory-description.html
Documentation at the bottom of the page...

also:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/options/memory.html

Some light reading may shed some light on why they coose the slower ram for the DL360 and faster for the other servers...