February 10, 2002 at 11:03 pm
Is there a specific type of RAM needed to setup AWE ?
February 11, 2002 at 4:34 am
No, just whatever is compatible with your server.
Andy
February 11, 2002 at 4:49 am
I would also make sure you get the fastest and largest stick per slot you can to ensure the best performance and overall upgradability if you don't plan to use install the full amount (for instance you want to install 1GB and each slot will hold 1GB of the fastest available RAM, even though you can save a little in most cases on by 2 512 or 4 256 chips you will end up respending if you ever need to upgrade and have filled up the slots that way).
February 11, 2002 at 9:07 am
I disagree with getting the biggest. The more access points you have to your ram the faster it will be.
ie: If you have 4 slots and want a gig of ram in your machine. 4-256 simms will run faster than 1-1 gig sim. You will create a bottle neck on your ram with only 1 chip. 4 chips will give you 4 access points.
Just my 2 cents.
Tom Goltl
February 11, 2002 at 10:54 am
Bryan, all things being equal, memory is your most important sizing consideration. What kind of hardware are you buying and what's your environment? Is your app mission-critical where you can't afford the system to go down? If so, consider going with your hardware vendors memory. Some vendors perform additional testing, and their memory may correct two-bit errors, as opposed to one-bit memory error corrections. Check with them first and have them show you the specs.
If you're not mission critical, Crucial and Kensigton are excellent choices for memory and much less expensive. You'll get different opinions about this, but on mission-critical systems, in the middle of the night, you want to be able to call your hardware vendor and get support right now. This despite the fact, that Crucial and Kensington probably manufacture much of the memory for the major hardware vendors. Interesting....
Size your memory for your anticipated current and future needs. Better to get more now, but isn't this true about most things.
cabby2583
Always Learn!
February 12, 2002 at 9:55 am
good advice above. One side note, I had a freind that had some issues when fully populating a motherboard with an AMD processor. Probably not applicable to this site as we is a Linux guy, but it was an issue.
I like Crucial and Kingston, as they supply lots of stuff to Compaq, HP, etc. HOWEVER, Compaq and others don't warranty non-OEM RAM. Partially this is because they may have stricter standards for their RAM and part, IMHO, is to make $$, but check before putting in non-OEM RAM in a production server.
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