[K12OSN] dual Xeon and FC1

Doug Simpson simpsond at leopards.k12.ar.us
Fri Jul 16 19:40:18 UTC 2004


Well, my server is already on the way. . .

so I gotta make it work, now. . .

DS

On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Julius Szelagiewicz wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Doug Simpson wrote:
> 
> > Now you really have me worried, though!
> >
> > My new server is coming with 12GB RAM. . .
> >
> > I really need so info here, guys!
> >
> > What is the RAM issue and what is the possibility of the Dual Xeons
> > working?
> 
> Doug,
> 	it seems that people have mixed results with large memory kernels
> on 32 bit systems. The problem is that the tricks used to move around
> pages to actually access memory over 4GB don't always play well with all
> mobos and processors. I had dismal results, others reported excellent
> results, ymmv. the new 64 bit xeons will be available shortly. it might be
> worth the wait, since all the extended memory issues are moot on them.
> julius
> 
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Doug Simpson
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DeQueen Public Schools
DeQueen, AR 71832
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