Miles,

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Miles O'Neal wrote:

> Jerome, Ron said...
> 
> |> What memory size is supported in Scientific Linux x86_64?
> |> Specifically I want to install 16GB in the IBM e326 series systems and
> |> would like to install Scientific Linux 3.0.4 x86_64.
> |
> |It shouldn't be a problem, I've got a dual Opteron system with 16G of memory running SL x86_64 4.0 and it sees it all.  I'm fairly certain that 3.0.4 will not have a problem either.  Sometimes when you don't see all of the installed memory a few bios tweaks will fix it up.
> 
> RHEL supports 2 CPUs and "up to 16GB".  I suspect
> that means up to 8GB *per CPU*. In the RH world,
> they want you to buy AS if you need more.  I'm
> guessing that SL is based on ES, not AS.

The RedHat difference between AS and ES is a "marketing" difference.  
Different support.  Both would work the same as it is the same kernel.

Not sure why you think we would be based on ES.  We are based on AS.

> 
> This is conjecture only; our dual Opteron systems
> won't accept more than 8GB per processor, AFAIK.
> We're running SL302.
> 
> -Miles
> 

-Connie Sieh