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/3GB Switch on DCs

On Win2000 a 1GB DC will benefit from the /3GB switch.  The benefit would start when the DIT and RAM are both over 0.5GB and reach a maximum when the DIT is 1GB and RAM is greater than ~1.3GB.  Beyond that things don't get worse, they just don't get better.
 
On Win2003, the benefit doesn't really start until both DIT and RAM are greater than ~1.5GB, and you reach full benefit by the time both reach ~3GB. 
 
If the DC isn't serving some other role than needs lots of kernel space (e.g., a fileserver) then there's an upside for all but the smallest configurations and essentially no cost.
Posted: Oct 01 2004, 11:07 AM by freeswing | with 1 comment(s)
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Chris said:

Hi, Terry,

Currently I'm also discussing this issue with a local vendor, however, he can't give me a certain answer.

Except Exchange and SQL clearly declare for 3Gb switch, there isn't any document record about it.

Most of our production servers are running with 1G memory. And I'm not sure did I need to set the 3GB switch for it?? Any document for reference ??

Thanks in advanced.
my email : chrishuang@ulead.com.tw
# September 30, 2004 11:23 PM
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