Why don't you put VMWare ESX on this thing and run the DC in a VM? Then you could do other things on it as well.
-----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 11:00 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Server 2003 32bit vs 64bit AD and mem > 4GB Great responses guys. A Dell engineer confirmed that we'd be fine but hearing it from this group gives me the warm fuzzies. On the question of why buy 16GB for a box that does nothing but AD? A: We had the money in the budget. Also, I know, at some point, that we'll upgrade to 2008 during the five year lifespan (but currently own Server2003 Std) of this box so I figured it couldn't hurt to try to future proof those boxes. Also, Bill Gates once said no one would need more that 640K and we know how that logic played out : ) Thanks again everyone!! - Jer Ken Schaefer wrote: > Either use Windows Server 2003 x86 Enterprise Edition (if you want to see the extra RAM) or the Windows Server 2003 x64 Standard Edition. > > From memory GPMC doesn't run on x64 (But I could be mistaken about that). > > No issue with AD itself on x64 - runs fine. Actually you get 4GB per user mode process (rather than 2GB out of 4GB), so you can sustain a larger AD .dit/database. > > Cheers > Ken > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremy Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 29 March 2008 3:22 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Server 2003 32bit vs 64bit AD and mem > 4GB > > Dumb question but I'm replacing my existing AD boxes (server2003 Std > 32bit) and want to be prepared for Server2008 (probably an AD upgrade in > early 2009). In doing so I want to add extra RAM to the box. If I put > 16GB RAM into the new box and install Server2003 Std 32bit what will the > system do? Simply ignore the extra RAM? Any harm in doing this? > > If it's better to use Server2003 Std 64bit to properly see the RAM is > there anything that changes in AD? My gut tells me 99% this is OK and I > can't find anything online stating otherwise but I want to be sure. > These boxes only do AD so I don't have to worry about any external apps > being 64bit. > > Thanks! > > - Jer > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
