[SunHELP] Solaris 2.6 Memory Limitation

[Fletcher, Joe]

Some o/s have extensions to the memory management such that physical
addresses above 4Gb
can be mapped into addressable space thereby making use of the extra RAM.
However there
is overhead associated with doing this. Ultimately, if you seriously want to
play with VLM
systems then 64bit is the only way to do it properly. Go to Solaris 8 where
possible and where your hardware will benefit.


-----Original Message-----
From: Mohammed, Ahsan [mailto:ahsan.mohammed at bankofamerica.com]
Sent: 28 February 2001 17:16
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: RE: [SunHELP] Solaris 2.6 Memory Limitation


If it can address only 4GB what is the purpose of having more than 4GB?
I mean how can the remaining be put into use?
Thanks in Advance.
Ahsan

Ahsan Mohammed
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	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Fletcher, Joe [SMTP:joe.fletcher at metapack.com]
	Sent:	Wednesday, February 28, 2001 10:36 AM
	To:	'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'
	Subject:	RE: [SunHELP] Solaris 2.6 Memory Limitation

	It's true that 32bit systems can only address a maximum of 4GB of
memory. That's not to say that a system running a 32bit o/s
	can physically contain only 4GB RAM. Solaris 2.6 is 32bit therefore
it can only address up to 4GB.

		-----Original Message-----
		From: Naser Ali [mailto:Ali.Naser at irs.gov]
		Sent: 28 February 2001 15:23
		To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
		Subject: [SunHELP] Solaris 2.6 Memory Limitation
		
		

		Hello Every one, 
		Just recently some one on our project mentioned that the
E10K  we have which has 16Gig of memory running Solaris 2.6, has the
limitation of only 4 gig on the memory. Is that true with Solaris 2.6...?

		TIA 




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