limitation
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=4009
Dick
On May 12, 2004, at 12:58 PM, Matt Liotta wrote:
> I don't believe that is true with the G5; only the G4.
>
> -Matt
>
> On May 12, 2004, at 3:45 PM, Dick Applebaum wrote:
>
> > I found an answer at:
> >
> >��http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Performance/Conceptual/
> >��ManagingMemory/Concepts/AboutMemory.html
> >
> >��The OS X limit is 4 Gig RAM per process.
> >
> >��Jobs is supposed to preview Tiger (the next OS X) at Apple's WDDC
> > dev��
> >��conference at the end of June -- Haven't heard any rumors -- moping
> > for��
> >��more RAM support & DB-based file system.
> >
> >��Dick
> >
> >��On May 12, 2004, at 11:24 AM, Ben Doom wrote:
> >
> >��> OS X and OS X Server support up to 8GB, so putting more in
> wouldn't
> >��>��really help.
> >��>
> >��>��AFAIK, other than the 8GB limit, there's nothing inherent about
> OS
> > X��
> >��> (or
> >��>��the BSD core for that matter) that would prevent a given app
> from��
> >��> using
> >��>��as much of that as it wanted.
> >��>
> >��>��Technically, you could run MS-SQL Server on the Mac, but since
> it��
> >��> would
> >��>��be running in Windows in an emulator, it really wouldn't do you
> any
> >��>��good.��:-)
> >��>
> >��>��--Ben Doom
> >��>
> >��>��Matt Liotta wrote:
> >��>
> >��>��> You'd have to check with Apple on that. XServe G5s have 8
> DIMM��
> >��> slots,
> >��>��> so physically it can have more than 8GB of RAM.
> >��>��>
> >��>��> -Matt
> >��>��>
> >��>��> On May 12, 2004, at 12:34 PM, Dick Applebaum wrote:
> >��>��>
> >��>��>��> Just out of curiosity --
> >��>��>��>
> >��>��>��>��The Mac XServe G% is 64 bit and can have 8 Gig RAM.
> >��>��>��>
> >��>��>��>��Is there anything in OS X that limits the RAM use?
> >��>��>��>
> >��>��>��>��Of course, you can't run SQL-Server on a MAc, but you can
> nun
> >��>��>��>��Sybase_ASE, Oracle 9i. PostgreSQL, MySQL and others.
> >��>��>��>
> >��>��>��>��TIA
> >��>��>��>
> >��>��>��>��Dick
> >��>
> >
>
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