Re: 2.4 kernel and 4GB+ of RAM
On Friday 15 June 2001 19:28, Adam Shand wrote:
> Hey all.
>
> I'm hoping for some advice here. I've just started a new job and one of
> the things they want me to do is to build a linux farm/cluster for running
> large simulation and regression tests.
>
> Some of these tests can be up to 4GB and in time they will grow larger.
> I have a limited understanding of the hardware restrictions of linux and
> have had a hard time finding good answers to these questions by searching
> google. So my questions are:
>
> * In the new 2.4 kernels can a single process address more then 2Gb of
> RAM? More then 4Gb of RAM?
>
> * Is this architecture dependent? If so what are the differences.
>
> * What is the hard limit for the total amount of ram usable by a 2.4
> kernel.
>
> If I've missed a good place to read about all this pointers would be much
> appreciated as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Adam.
I dont know about proccess wise memory usage, but the linux kernel has
support for up to 64 GB of ram. (a lot)
John
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