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Subject: Does SBS 2008 support >4GB RAM (64-bit)?
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Ruud Tak User is Offline
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1/28/2008 10:04 PM  
Hi, I wonder....today SBS2003 versions have a 32-bit limitation which means memory greater than 4GB will not be recognized/supported.
 
Does anyone know if this limitation is over for SBS2008? With todays memory prices >4GB memory becomes more and more standard.
 
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1/28/2008 10:21 PM  
Ruud,
 
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1/28/2008 10:24 PM  
You are correct: Windows 2003 SBS is 32-bit and therefore cannot utilize more than 4GB. In fact, it won't utilize more than about 3.6GB without some extra work.

The 2008 version of SBS will definitely be 64-bit and be able to utilze many times the RAM of its predecessor. How much will probably be limited by Microsoft. But exactly how much, I don't think anybody outside the shining walls at One Microsoft Way in Redmond have a clue.

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1/30/2008 03:02 AM  
actually ms has atated the ram limits for 2k8:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_server_2008
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3/13/2008 10:29 PM  
BTW MS have now released the statement 'All processor and memory limits will now match Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition.' http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/essential/sbs/editions.mspx
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