How’s this for a Windows system? 64 Cores, 2TB of RAM… (or “How much memory/RAM is ‘enough’?”)

Mark's Blog - Pushing the Limits of Windows: Physical Memory

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You can see physical memory support licensing differentiation across the server SKUs for all versions of Windows. For example, the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2008 Standard supports only 4GB, while the 32-bit Windows Server 2008 Datacenter supports 64GB. Likewise, the 64-bit Windows Server 2008 Standard supports 32GB and the 64-bit Windows Server 2008 Datacenter can handle a whopping 2TB. There aren't many 2TB systems out there, but the Windows Server Performance Team knows of a couple, including one they had in their lab at one point. Here's a screenshot of Task Manager running on that system:

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I so want one of these under my desk… ;)

The funny thing is is that how long do you think it will be until we do? 5 years? 8?

In any case, if you’re interested in a level 300+ discussion on Windows memory, make sure you click though and read Mark’s post.

(via Peter's Software House - 2TB, 64 Core System)