Is 4GB the max on a 32 bit OS?

[Scott Ledyard]

Gavin,
Thanks. Sounds do-able.
Scott

On 1/21/07, Gavin McCullagh <gmccullagh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, Scott Ledyard wrote:
>
> > So, as a practical matter, if we're trying to setup a lab of 24
> workstations
> > that may all be surfing with Firefox or learning Open Office Word at the
> > same time, would it be best to:
>
> I would hope that the ~3.5GB ram would be enough for 24 users.  Edubuntu
> quoates (I think?) 40 users per 4GB RAM server.
>
> > 1) Install the AMD 64 bit version
> > 2) Setup a custom kernel
> > 3) Setup additional server(s)
>
> I guess if you really run out of RAM any of the above might be reasonable
> approaches.  [1] might have some drawbacks in terms of availablility of
> some proprietary software (eg the adobe flash plugin). But my guess is
> that
> 3.5GB should be enough for normal applications.  Make sure you have a
> server with good disks too (preferably scsi) and a dual cpu if at all
> possible.
>
> Gavin
>
>
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