On 18/05/05, BRUTON, Malcolm, FM <Malcolm.BRUTON@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > We have an application that sporadically does "out of memory" errors > It is an in-house developed app and the guys that develop it say that we > should add more memory to our servers. (total 6 or 8GB) What the hell does this app do!!! > They have talked about adding the /PAE and /3GB switch to our boot.ini files Not sure about the PAE switch, but DONT do the /3GB - that can literally slice a large chunk of users off that you can fit on the machine. You might be lucky, but you'll have to do testing with that. It takes memory from the user space to give to the application space (3/1Gb instead of 2/2Gb) which cuts the registry allowance, amongst other things - the ol grey bearded ones will probably tell you exactly what it cuts corners with :) > Something about having an MS tool for the exe that allows their app to > address more than 2Gb like exchange It works for things like Exchange and SQL, because theres only ever one user logged on, so you'll never hit the limits with them, TS is special ;) Andrew ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor: ThinPrint GmbH Now available: The new version .print Engine 6.2 with SSL encryption and certificate management. http://www.thinprint.com ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thin.net/links.cfm ThinWiki community - Excellent SBC Search Capabilities! http://www.thinwiki.com *********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thin.net/citrixlist.cfm