I have 6 DL 580 G7s with 128G RAM. And we're going to upgrade them all to 256G RAM, which is the max for the 580 G7, AFAIK.
FWIW ... On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Stefan Jafs <stefan.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
