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Windows Server 2003 - Memory Issues

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by old man it 1 view

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I have 3 Dell Servers that are all running Windows Server 2003.
2 of them are Poweredge 1750 with 8 gig of physical memory
1 is a Poweredge 2850 with 9 gig of physical memory
The Server 2003 see's all 9 gig on the 2850, but on both of the 1750, only 3.75 gig appears. In system management, only 3.75 appears.

I've been looking for over a week, and I can't find a solution.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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by churdoo

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc758523.aspx

32-bit Standard Edition will only recognize 4GB max regardless of how much physical RAM is installed in the server. The 2850 likely has Enterprise Edition and/or a 64-bit Edition. As for why 3.75GB versus 4GB? Have you called Dell Support? It's possible that some hardware is utilizing a portion of the RAM making it unavailable to the O/S.

by old man it

Actually all 3 machines are running 32-bit enterprise versions of Server 2003.

I added /PEA to the boot.ini file and almost all available memory appears... on the 1750's is still shows 7.75... however, RAC is configured, and that does need the additional overhead..

Thanks

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