[OpenIndiana-discuss] Which mobo allows 24 GB ram and ECC

[Geoff Flarity]

On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Lou Picciano <loupicciano at comcast.net> wrote:
> Harry - You may be getting into SuperMicro mobo space at this point... (others here will have some specific recommendations for you).
>
> On the other hand - the latest Sandy Bridge Architectures will support 32 GB even on lower-end boards.
>

Be aware that there's bug withSandy Bridge + KVM that will require
using a kernel parameter change work around. I forget the exact
details, see the SmartOS archives.


> Lou Picicano
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harry Putnam" <reader at newsguy.com>
> To: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
> Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2011 2:57:19 PM
> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Which mobo allows 24 GB ram and ECC
>
> Hoping to save any more googling and pawing thru specs etc by letting
> someone that knows just name motherboards that allow 24 gb max ram and
> have option for ECC memory too.
>
> This will be for a zfs server but will also be the home of many
> installed guest vms... hence the high ram spec.
>
> I've looked at quite a few asus boards which seem to have ECC option
> more or less by default (unlike most others). But then finding the
> 24 GB max is another matter...
>
> Or possibly my google stings are poorly thought out or arranged. Is
> anyone else noticing that google seems NOT to honor quotations in
> search string any more?
>
>
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