From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Jan 25 12:12:33 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from root.com (root.com [209.102.106.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A73EB37B402 for ; Fri, 25 Jan 2002 12:12:29 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dg@localhost) by root.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g0PJxgt68044; Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:59:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dg) Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:59:42 -0800 From: David Greenman To: Michael Meltzer Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can 4.5 take 6gb ram Message-ID: <20020125115942.F67365@nexus.root.com> References: <008a01c1a5d4$458071e0$34f820c0@ix1x1000> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <008a01c1a5d4$458071e0$34f820c0@ix1x1000>; from mjm@michaelmeltzer.com on Fri, Jan 25, 2002 at 02:12:45PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >I am building a new NFS server. Looks like I be using the Intel SCB2 mother board (serverworks HE-SL chipset) that can take up to 6gb of ram, I know their were some issues with 4gb ram, what about 6 gb :-) (I know I am over 32 bit pointer, ints here). > >I know this is pushing it for memory but I can of like the idea of having all the cache :-) Kind of like a backing store ram disk :-) > >BTW using mylex 2000 (with external raid controlers on top) and gigabit Ethernet on separate pci buses to feed it. This system is moves allot of data. > No, FreeBSD will only use 4GB of RAM maximum. Doing more than that requires major changes to the VM system. -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com President, Download Technologies, Inc. - http://www.downloadtech.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message