[TriLUG] 16+ GB RAM PC advice

[Matthew Lavigne]

Most will as long as you use the large mem kernel.  I would be
inclined to go with the Opterons as the Xeons do some funky things
with large memory (though I think that is for > 32GB per CPU but I may
be wrong).


On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:04:06 -0400, Carlos J. Cela <ccela at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am a working in a research project at NC State which involves large
> simulations. So far we have been using Pentium 4 based PC's with 4GB of
> RAM, but it is getting harder and harder to fit our more detailed models
> in 4GB of memory.
> 
> Have any of you guys have some experience with Linux (or Windows)
> compatible PC's with 16GB -or ideally more- RAM? I recall having seen
> several different Opteron and dual Xeon 16GB RAM motherboards on the
> web, but found no information about what OS's were supported. Will any
> Linux distribution work?
> 
> Any help/advice will be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Carlos-
> 
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