Re: Problems with Win2k Server, 6Gb RAM?

ross_luker_at_hotmail.com (Ross Luker) wrote in message news:<45a0a324.0306130628.33614def_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
>
> 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.
> 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.
>
> Is there any reconfiguration of Oracle or anything like that needed
> once the amount of physical RAM goes above 4Gb?
>

Win2K cannot address more then 4GB memory so the extra RAM that you added maybe going to waste. 2GB for OS and 2GB for rest of the apps i.e. Oracle and your ERP app. You can workaround this by doing a 3GB tuning (add a /3GB switch in boot.ini. You can search for it on M$ website), this will limit OS to 1GB memory and increase the memory to 3GB for Oracle use. I believe you can cross the 4GB threshold on Win2K by going thru some weird setup... it is documented somewhere on M$ website.

Regards
/Rauf Sarwar Received on Sat Jun 14 2003 - 02:51:34 CDT