Re: Windows 2003 Standard Edition and the 2G limit

On 2/21/06, Freeman, Donald <dofreeman@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Yes, but I'm thinking you can do it on your present operating system.  I
> don't see anything in the references that excludes Windows 2000
> Standard.  You can set the 3GB switch in your boot.ini file which will
> allow you to go up to 3 gig.  The reference to the Oracle doc is here:
> http://download-west.oracle.com/docs/cd/B10501_01/win.920/a95490/architec.htm
>
> You can find more out by searching on VLM for (Very Large Memory)
> configurations.
>


Donald,

MS W2K Advanced Server was required for large memory support.
That feature was not enabled in MS W2K Server.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Luc Demanche
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 21, 2006 3:57 PM
> *To:* oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* Windows 2003 Standard Edition and the 2G limit
>
> Hi,
>
> We are facing problem with ORA-04030 on Windows 2000 Standard Edition with
> Oracle 9.2
> We have 4G of RAM on the server, but Windows can not handle process bigger
> then 2G.
>
> We have adjusted our SGA, PGA to fit in that 2G limit.
> But we want to use more of the RAM.
>
> If we migrate to Windows 2003, will we be able to use more than 2G of RAM
> ?
>
> Thanks
> Luc
>
> --
> Luc Demanche
> Oracle DBA
> (514) 867-9977
>
>


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