On Sun, 2006-06-11 at 19:38 -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote:
That makes no sense. On systems I've used recently (since multi-megabyte RAM configurations became an economical option for desktop systems), going from one gig to two has made a big difference for many of the scenarios I encounter in everyday work. I see no reason to stop anywhere short of the 4 GB that is natively addressable by a 32-bit architecture.
Let me re-phrase ... - 1GiB on Linux/x86 - 2GiB on NT/x86 If you go more than 1GB in Linux, go x86-64 -- specifically AMD64 and _not_ EM64T (aka IA-32e). There is a _significant_ performance hit when you go into the 4G/4G or 64G models. There are also I/O bounce buffer considerations as well with the 64G model, as well as even EM64T (IA-32e) unlike AMD64 (complete x86-64). If you go more than 2GB in NT, there are various considerations (virtualization for one). But in general, _avoid_ more than 2GiB with NT -- the x64 versions are a nightmare in many cases. -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------- Illegal Immigration = "Representation Without Taxation" -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com