Check the quick specs they always have mem requirements laid out. ________________________________ From: Stefan Jafs [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Max available RAM on Vmware Host
I’m doing an hardware refresh and I’m planning to purchase 2 + HP DL380 G7 Vmware hosts with 2 x X5650 6-core processors each. Initially we were going with 96GB of RAM but I got an comparison quote from Dell and they said “The memory configuration that was given (8 * 16 GB) is not optimal for a VM Host as the modules are not balanced across all the DIMMS with Intel the memory must be populated in sets of 3 Chips to evenly balance across the 3 Channels otherwise you may lose up to 33% of performance” and they quoted me 192 GB of RAM per server. (12 * 16 GB). My HP reseller came back and said that max available for the Host is 144 GB and re-quoted me 18 * 8 GB modules. Tried to do some googeling but could not find anything relevant, anyone have any insights into this? -- Stefan Jafs ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
