On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Charles Soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On 6/23/08 11:59 AM, "Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Edward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> But the sad thing is Windows XP / Vista is still 32Bit. It doesn't > >> recognize more then 3.x GB of Ram. 64Bit version is still premature and > >> hardly OEM are adopting it. Hardware makers have yet to full jump on > broad > >> for 64 bit drivers. > > > > > > false, both of them recognize well in excess of 4GB of ram. What they > CAN'T > > do is address it for *ONE* process. That's why applications like oracle > > were quick to hop on the 64bit bandwagon, they actually need it. I don't > > know of too many consumer level apps besides maybe photoshop (and firefox > ;) > > ) that come anywhere near 4GB ram usage. > > > While Edward is technically incorrect, the ceiling is still 4GB total > physical memory: > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx > > Note that even though > > A 25% higher RAM ceiling is one thing, but it's a far cry from the 64-128GB > the "enterprise target" Windows versions can use (yes, some of them are > 32-bit but if you pay the extra $, you are allowed to use more RAM). The > 3GB per-process limit is the real factor. But then again, who runs Oracle > on Windows? :) > > Charles > (ok, I have, but only for testing) > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > Read the fine print: Limits on physical memory for 32-bit platforms also depend on the Physical Address Extension<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366796%28VS.85%29.aspx>(PAE), which allows 32-bit Windows systems to use more than 4 GB of physical memory. PAE is enabled by default on XP after SP1, and all builds of vista.
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