I have a web server with Windows 2000 OS installed on it
and it has 3 gigabytes (GB) of RAM and 4GB of VM.
Application used is ASP.Net.
Recently we faced "System.OutOfMemoryException" Error and
when I searched MS Knowledge Base I found an article
#820108. In the article it has been mentioned to turn on
the special feature 4GT RAM Tuning by adding the /3GB
switch to the Boot.ini file. I am curious to know if I
add the /3GB switch to the Boot.ini file will it affect
the server or the application, as 3GB of VM will be
allocated to the application and 1GB of VM will be left
for the kernel.
Please let me know the complications after adding the /3GB
switch to the Boot.ini file.
System.OutOfMemoryException Error ... I have a web server with Windows 2000 OS installed on it ... and it has 3 gigabytes of RAM and 4GB of VM. ... add the /3GB switch to the Boot.ini file will it affect ... (microsoft.public.win2000.general)
Re: Word slow when switching between documents ... I will check the RAM availability.... I see a huge spike of activity (20-40% CPU used for 1-2 seconds each ... it should still switch windows briskly.... Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. ... (microsoft.public.word.docmanagement)
Re: Usable RAM ... Photoshop says that the available RAM is 1.711GB. ... Surely many thousands of others (non-Mac users) have had this same ... I read the switch article, as did my computer builder, and it seems to ... you will never get to use the full 4gb virtual memory because the ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: 4GBs of RAM Miscount ... OS still shows RAM to 2.87 GB ... Most of my sites are <20 users and the only heavy SQL site is still on SBS... have you ever applied the switch to a SBS 2003 box? ... increases the 'pointers' for memory handling to allow 32b systems to ... (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
Re: Added more RAM but not all is listed on My Computer > Properties ... Furthermore, whoever wrote that post didn't know what they were talking about, the /3GB switch deals with Virtual Address Space available to applications, it doesn't have anything to do with Physical Memory. ... Perhaps SP3 will change that but I don't know, I haven't heard reports of any changes to the XP PAE kernel with SP3 so I kind of doubt that it will be changed to allow for use of RAM above the 4GB barrier. ... You will need to use a 64-bit workstation to use all that RAM, or one of the 32-bit 2003 Server version. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
