Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 11:47:48 -0400 From: "Toll, Eric" <etoll@vipstructures.com> To: <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: max Gb of phys. memory? Message-ID: <9BC86C67C3AF7646B9C5382020457A9456E8DF@VIP10-WIN2K>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org=20
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of David O'Brien
> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 11:17 AM
> To: Danny Braniss
> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: max Gb of phys. memory?
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> On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 09:04:25AM +0300, Danny Braniss wrote:
> > I need to set up a box with 'allot' of phys. memory. so far im=20
> > finding that the amount of memory is per cpu, ie: 8Gb per cpu
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> You have 4 or 8 DIMM sockets per CPU, depending on the motherboard.
> That is the only limit pertaining to the CPU. Some=20
> motherboards can handle 4GB DIMM's, others 2GB DIMM's, yet=20
> others only 1GB DIMM's.
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> --
> -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
> _______________________________________________
One of the expensive Tyan boards I looked at supported 16Gb Ram, so I =
can safely
assume that the AMD-64 version will use all of this memeory? (8 DIMM =
slots x
2Gb ea)
I'm assuming the limit would be hardware limited as FreeBSD-AMD64 should =
support
128Gb Ram??
As for my FreeBSD box, {which I only got some of the components in =
today!} it
will only have 1Gb for starters.
(see attached) Boy that Kingston Registered ECC DDR400 1Gb kit was fine =
looking,
black heat sync's and gold plated contacts. It was like $450 USD for the =
1Gb
Kit, but <sigh> it was in stock, and I didn't want to go to the ends of =
the
earth to skimp... The last thing I wanted to worry about was poor =
memory
quality.
Eric
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