Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 09:59:32 -0500 From: Charlie Root <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: hosting@webcrossing.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Max Memory question Message-ID: <399D4F54.5851B8FC@hutchtel.net> References: <019b01c00801$13f53380$27430ace@mark8> <00081722475801.01673@sparky>
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Jeff Soule wrote: > > -----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.se> > > Cc: "Jeff Soule" <hosting@webcrossing.com>; <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 11:01 PM > > Subject: Re: Max Memory question > > > > > > > > ----- 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 it. > > > Basically > > > > > it said that they were thinking of moving to Alpha architecture to 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 32GB. > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > 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 intel's > > Extended Server Memory Architecture "Breaks through the 4GB barrier." > Cool Thanks! > Sounds like even if I get a server that supports 8Gig I > will only be able to use 4Gig with FreeBSD right? > > /Jeff > That seems to be the final answer....unless you go to the alpha 4 gigs is the max usable memory under FreeBSD. (What would you use it all for, anyways? I know of some very busy websites that run on 1gig.) Josh > > > > Josh > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > - -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jeff Soule > System Administrator: Web Crossing Inc. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 6.5.2 > > iQA/AwUBOZzOD2/lZxVxa51TEQI4zgCeLsyOb9N3Tx8Nu7M3alCNfnDdtzQAmwXH > f54s74c1ROxApIqaiXVnPkwK > =AHNW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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