Re: Problems with Win2k Server, 6Gb RAM?

"Ross Luker" <ross_luker_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45a0a324.0306130628.33614def_at_posting.google.com...

> We have an IBM Xseries 440 that we have recently increased the RAM in
> from 3.5Gb to 6Gb. The machine runs Win2k Adv Server with our ERP
> system sitting on top of Oracle 8.1.7. Since we increased the RAM,
> the server won't run for more than 2 hours without blue screening.

Blue screen is hardware related for sure. Oracle can't make it happen.

> Ourselves and IBM have been through the usual rigmarole of testing the
> hardware, drivers, windows config etc, and all seems ok, so it seems
> to be coming down to the apps running on the server, which, other than
> Oracle and the ERP system, amounts to little more than Winzip and
> Acrobat Reader.

No, it can't be apps. It MUST be IBM and their chonky hardware. BTW, ask them to explain to you in detail how does Win2K, a 32-bit OS, use more than 4Gb memory? Unless you have the Intel large memory drivers installed, there is NO WAY that IBM can tell you your 6Gb are all being used. It's a physical impossibility.

>
> Is there any reconfiguration of Oracle or anything like that needed
> once the amount of physical RAM goes above 4Gb?

Unless you are running the special driver from Intel to get more than 4Gb active in Win2K, there is nothing you can do. There is a special config switch for Oracle to work with that driver, but I doubt that's what's happening.

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