Actually I found out that the consultant did not realized I had Enterprise Plus that supports 96 GB / processor and that's why he said max 144 GB but I'm ordering 192GB / server
On Friday, March 2, 2012, Christopher Bodnar wrote: > This isn't up to date, and doesn't specifically discuss performance, but > it gives you some info regarding the Intel technology and the population of > the channels/banks: > > > http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/server-pedge-installing-upgrading-memory-11g.pdf > > > *Christopher Bodnar* > Enterprise Achitect I, Corporate Office of Technology Tel 610-807-6459 > 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 > [email protected] > > > * > The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America* > * > **www.guardianlife.com* <http://www.guardianlife.com/> > > > > > > > From: Stefan Jafs <[email protected] <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[email protected]');>> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" > <[email protected]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '[email protected]');> > > > Date: 03-02-12 02:10 PM > 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/*<http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>> > ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: * > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/*<http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/> > or send an email to *[email protected]*<javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[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]<javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', '[email protected]');> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > -- 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] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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