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Date:      Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:36:20 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Joel Bjork <u98jobj@stud.hh.se>
To:        Jeff Soule <hosting@webcrossing.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Max Memory question
Message-ID:  <XFMail.000816213620.u98jobj@stud.hh.se>
In-Reply-To: <00081608250300.05629@sparky>

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On 16-Aug-00 Jeff Soule wrote:
> What is the maximum memory FreeBSD 40 will support?
> 
> I found one message from a couple of years ago that said 4Gig but
> only 1 Gig has been tested.  Is this realy true?  I would like to put
> together a server with 8Gig of Ram (Our softeware is very memory
> hungry due to cacheing)
> 
> Thanks,
> /Jeff
>
If I recall correctly the 4GB memory limit is due to the x86 structure. There
is some info on this on the cdrom.com homepage but I can't find it. Basically
it said that they were thinking of moving to Alpha architecture to be able to
handle more requests. 

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E-Mail: Joel Bjork <u98jobj@stud.hh.se>
Date: 16-Aug-00
Time: 21:36:20
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