My understanding is outside a couple exceptions (PAE extensions, I believe) 32-bit OS' cannot see more than about 3 GB of RAM. So in your case a RAM upgrade without an OS upgrade would be a waste.
I will also say we had a server 2003 setup with 7.6.04 with 4 GB of RAM and it screwed up badly due to running out of RAM while working with CMDB. We moved to server 2008 (64-bit) with 8 GB of RAM and everything is great. Dave Erickson ASSOCIATE BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST, AQUA BALANCE ECOLAB 370 WABASHA STREET NORTH, ST. PAUL, MN 55102 T 651 293 2852 F 651 225 3375 E david.erick...@ecolab.com -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Bennett, Craig Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 8:23 AM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: 5 year server sizing We are currently running ARS7.1 with older Change & Asset applications on two servers (Windows 2003 32bit, Dell 2950 Dual Xeon 3Ghz, 4GB RAM) We are planning on installing 7.6.04 with ITSM and CMDB. I have requested a memory upgrade - but to do that we need an OS upgrade. Server group wants sizing recommendations for processor power - what will be enough for a 5 year life cycle on the server? We are planning on increasing the RAM to 8GB now Thanks Craig _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are" CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain proprietary and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug12 www.wwrug12.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
