[THIN] Re: ram

interesting stuff.  i have some homework to do.

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Michael Pardee <pardeemp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Greg, for some reason I remember getting all excited about the /PAE switch
> and then getting let down later.  I can't remember if it was due to page
> pool or PTEs, but something stopped us (Although that may have been McAfee).
>  Another interesting thing we saw was that Outlook 2003 would not open a PST
> file when the server actually saw the full 4GB of RAM.  I had to /burnmem a
> little of it to make Outlook open those files.  Not sure if that was fixed
> in a later SP or not, but I gave up and went full speed ahead to 64 bit.
> Didn't /PAE make the 32 bit OS operate in 36 bit or something like that?
>  Like I said, its been a while, but I did just recently read this article:
> http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/danielf/2008/08/04/PAE+This!!!+Optimizing+XenApp<http://community.citrix.com/blogs/citrite/danielf/2008/08/04/PAE+This%21%21%21+Optimizing+XenApp>
>
> Some have it work out just fine, but I never had that much luck.
>
> On Aug 31, 2008, at 10:20 PM, Greg Reese wrote:
>
> the /PAE switch?
>
> this is what i get for burying myself in 64bit servers for the past two
> years.
>
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 9:14 PM, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>  Because the system is sucking up a bunch of it before the OS starts
>> (PCI-X, video, etc)…  You can get some of it back by using the /PAE switch
>> (yes, even on standard) to map that memory back.
>>
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
>> Behalf Of *Greg Reese
>> *Sent:* Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:01 PM
>> *To:* Thin
>> *Subject:* [THIN] ram
>>
>>
>> why would a server have 4096mb of ram installed but only report 3455mb
>> installed?  i am looking over some servers for a friend of mine and this
>> seems odd.
>>
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