Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 22:46:18 -0700 From: Jeff Soule <hosting@webcrossing.com> To: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Max Memory question Message-ID: <00081722475801.01673@sparky> In-Reply-To: <019b01c00801$13f53380$27430ace@mark8> References: <019b01c00801$13f53380$27430ace@mark8>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Out of the blue on Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Josh Paetzel Said: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> > To: "Linh Pham" <lplist@closedsrc.org>; "Joel Bjork" <u98jobj@stud.hh.s= e> > Cc: "Jeff Soule" <hosting@webcrossing.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.= ORG> > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 11:01 PM > Subject: Re: Max Memory question >=20 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Linh Pham" <lplist@closedsrc.org> > > To: "Joel Bjork" <u98jobj@stud.hh.se> > > Cc: "Jeff Soule" <hosting@webcrossing.com>; > <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 7:03 PM > > Subject: RE: Max Memory question > > > > > > > On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Joel Bjork mumbled: > > > > > > > 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 i= t. > > Basically > > > > it said that they were thinking of moving to Alpha architecture t= o be > > able to > > > > handle more requests. > > > > > > I thought that I heard somewhere that the Intel Xeon processors > > > supported 36-bit memory addressing... thus upping it's limit to 32G= B. > > > > > > Could anyone confirm this? > > > > > > // Linh Pham > > > // http://closedsrc.org > > > > > > > > > > I was unable to confirm a 32GB limit, but I did find some info on the > Intel > > 450NX chipset which supports 4 P3 Xeon processors and 8GB of memory. > > > > Josh > > >=20 > Sorry to reply to myself, but: > http://www.intel.com/design/pentiumii/xeon/prodbref/ > states that the p2 xeon supports caching of 64GB of memory, and that in= tel's > Extended Server Memory Architecture "Breaks through the 4GB barrier." Cool Thanks! =20 Sounds like even if I get a server that supports 8Gig I will only be able to use 4Gig with FreeBSD right? /Jeff >=20 > Josh >=20 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > - --=20 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jeff Soule System Administrator: Web Crossing Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.2 iQA/AwUBOZzOD2/lZxVxa51TEQI4zgCeLsyOb9N3Tx8Nu7M3alCNfnDdtzQAmwXH f54s74c1ROxApIqaiXVnPkwK =3DAHNW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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