Which kernel should I use on a Dual Processor 10 GB RAM Intel server?

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Subject: Which kernel should I use on a Dual Processor 10 GB RAM Intel server?
From: Oliver König <oliver@windfinder.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:34:32 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 200704261134.32502.oliver@windfinder.com>

Hello,
I have got a Dell Poweredge 2850 Rackserver with two 3.0 GHZ Xeon CPUs and 10 
GB of RAM running Debian Sarge and kernel 2.4.27 (SMP). The system recognizes 
only 4 GB of RAM and I want to upgrade to Debian 4.0 (etch) and kernel 
2.6.18. I need a kernel that recognizes both CPUs (SMP) and that handles all 
of my RAM memory. 

In Etch I found linux-image-2.6.18-4-686-bigmem, which supports 2-64 GB RAM. 
Does this kernel provide symmetric multiprocessing or do I need to build a 
custom kernel?

Regards,

-- 
Oliver König

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