Re: 4Gb memory

nsouto_at_optushome.com.au (Nuno Souto) wrote in message news:<dd5cc559.0204101614.2c564980_at_posting.google.com>...
> norwoodthree_at_my-deja.com (NorwoodThree) wrote in message news:<ba03e2c.0204101005.4fca6240_at_posting.google.com>...
> > Operating system opinions aside, you should post your question to the
> > appropriate Windows newsgroup to get your Windows questions answered.
>
>
> Actually, opinions about operating systems are absolutely irrelevant
> in this case. Although I like NT a lot, I have to recognize where its
> limitations are.
>
> Either the OS supports >4Gb addressing or it doesn't. Period.
> NT (in any flavour) does not support more than 4Gb main memory and
> does not allow more than 3Gb of those 4Gb to be used by ANY program.
> Very simple.
>
> If that is desirable or not is completely secondary. Fact is: it doesn't.
> Fact also is that most Unix OS do support 64-bit addressing.
>
> No opinions here, just the hard facts. If I had mentioned opinions,
> I might have advised to stick with NT no matter what, as I prefer it
> to Unix. But not recognizing its limitations would have been a dis-service
> to the person asking the question.
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto

Hello,

it is interesting that Oracle promise to break 3GB limit in 9i release 2.
This is citation from
http://technet.oracle.com/tech/windows/9ir2_windb.pdf "Oracle9i Release 2 allows the RDBMS on Windows to break through the 3GB address space limit normally imposed by Windows 2000 and Windows .NET Server. Specifically, a single database instance can now access up to 64GB..."

Regards,
Slava. Received on Thu Apr 11 2002 - 07:49:49 CDT