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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I am just about to order an dual Opteron 248 server to run under RHEL AS.</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I would like to double check the physical memory supported - we are getting</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">8 x 2GB PC3200 or PC2700 memory on this server.</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I have found something a bit obscure on the RH web page: </FONT>
<BR> <FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT><A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/as/"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/as/</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">in that it said:</FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">**</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> 64GB is the maximum memory size for X86 systems. Maximum memory sizes vary with other architectures.</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Can anyone confirm </FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">a. the maximum memory size for Opterons supported, and</FONT>
<BR><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">b. the maximum usable physical memory per process on user applications</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thanks a lot.</FONT>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Peter</FONT>
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