On Saturday 05 April 2008 14:31:35 Rob Malpass wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Two related questions:
> 1) I want to build a machine with a lot of RAM for virtualisation (I want
> to run a handful of servers on one physical box) purposes - probably 8Gb -
> the maximum the board supports. However I'm told I can't get at all of
> this RAM unless I run in 64 bit mode. Is this true?
> 2) There's a problem with this in as much as it seems there aren't any
> 64-bit drivers for the graphics card I have in situe. I got around this
> by running in 32-bit mode - but if 1) is true - I can only go to 3Gb of RAM
> (so I've been told) which may or may not be enough to run the several vm's
> I have in mind.
>
> I have to say the guy who told me this was a Windows fan so it may be a
> Windows only thing. 8Gb of RAM is expensive enough so I'm trying to avoid
> needing to buy a potentially expensive graphics card with known 64-bit
> drivers available. Any (constructive!) advice very welcome.
>
> Cheers
> Rob
I am pretty sure that the 4gb limit is on Windows 2003 server std version,
other 2003 version may have different limits.
As for the linux side I don't know sorry
Tim
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