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Memory for Dell Poweredge 1300 Server

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by j_s

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We have been using a Poweredge 1300 for the last year and a half with just 128 MB SDRAM.
I upgraded it in the last few weeks with another 256 MB stick which was unbuffered. I think from what Dell tell me that the orginal 128 MB stick is registered whereas obviously the 256 stick isn't. Dell also told me I shouldn't mix the two but unfortunately its too late. The server has been running fine and now I want to add another 128 stick to max out the memory. ( max - 512 Unbuffered and 1024 registered). Should I not mix them at all baring in mind that its working fine or should I remove the 128 stick and just use unbuffered memory and upgrade accordingly?
Thanks in advance for your help.

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by paul d. masley

The main question is --- Is the information on this server critical and if so, can you afford to loose it? A mission critical server should only have registered memory. It does not matter if it is a Dell, IBM, HP or whatever. Use the unregistered stick in a desktop. If that user has Win2000 or NT4, (s)he will be a very happy camper. 256 is overkill for Win98. Mixing the sticks will degrade the registered stick. If you are planning on mixing the two, I suggest putting the registered sticksside by side starting in slot one, then place the unregistered sticks on the end. Hate to get into your pocket this way, but after loosing a server to unregistered memory (my boss is tight), and after three days of rebuild time, my bucks will go tocertified/registered memory.

by j_s

Thanks very much.
Dell actually used unbuffered mem in the original 128 MB stick so i'll leave it as it for now and when we purchase a second server i'll put in an order for about 512 MB registered and transfer the existing server's mem into some NT/2000 workstations.

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