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Quick memory question ...

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OzCDN

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Nov 21, 2002
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Since the "QOS eating bandwidth" urban legend was recently debunked here ... I thought maybe the group might like to take a stab at another.

Over the years I have heard various descriptions on how you can have too much memory (or at least more than the O/S will use). I’ve even heard suggestions that too much can negatively impact performance due to page sizes, etc.

Anyone know the definitive answer for WinXP?

Any while we're on the subject ... anyone know the answer for W2K Server? (I have a coworker that insists that a line must be added to the boot.ini on W2K Servers to use more than 1 GB of RAM).
 
Windows 2000 Server/Advanced Server is the server edition of Windows 2000, which is designed to serve small- to mid-sized businesses and workgroups. Server supports up to 4GB of physical RAM and up to 4 processors per computer. Advanced Server supports up to 8GB of RAM and 8 processors per computer.

Windows 2000 Datacenter Server is designed for large businesses and computer clusters. Datacenter supports up to 32 processors per computer and up to 64GB of RAM, as well as built-in clustering and load-balancing features.

All BOOT.INI switches

The Win2k server /3G and PAE support:
 
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