Re: PAE - What exactly is it?

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From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 11/22/04


Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:44:27 -0700

This link may help.

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/default.mspx

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"Shufflefield" wrote:
| Apparently I have been living in ignorance for years. I
| had always known/thought/assumed that When you load the
| OS (2k, 2k3, etc) that it will see however much RAM you
| have in the system and address it accordingly, depending
| upon it's own limitations, 4gb for 2k standard, 8gb for
| Adv. Server etc. And this appears to be true for the
| servers I have setup in the past.  However, I just found
| out about the PAE switch for use in the Boot.ini.
|
| What exactly is PAE, how does it differ from the default
| memory management system used by NT based systems? Is it
| something that needs to be configured on ALL systems that
| have memory in excess of 2gb? And if it is so important
| to the functioning of the system, why haven't I, or
| anyone I know of heard about it?
|
| Confused,
|
| Shuff 


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