AMD 64 stability
Sten Spans
sten at blinkenlights.nl
Thu Feb 23 14:45:37 PST 2006
On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, V. T. Mueller wrote:
>
> I was relating to "server usage", as stated in the first sentence of my
> original email - which you decided not to quote.
>
> Of course the A8V is no server board. So the limitations by design will
> prevent a couple of pitfalls that were otherwise possible. If the original
> poster is going to buy a server board/system, he should carefully collect
> information regarding the whole environment he is about to set up.
>
> Besides, you should take a look on the compatibilty list again, counting the
> number of server boards with chipsets that can address up to 32 GB of RAM ;)
Opterons don't use chipsets to access main memory ...
The motherbord just needs enough slots and good
enough traces to support a fully populated memory bus.
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Sten Spans
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