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    I was able to download it with no problems.  Now that it's 64Bit, will adding more than 4Gigs of RAM really improve the performance?
    I don't call tech support, I AM TECH SUPPORT!
    Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:04 PM

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    Microsoft has an MSDN article which details memory support for various operating systems. Given that Windows Home Server is based on a version of Windows Server 2008 (a version of WS08 R2, I believe) I would think it will support at least 8 GB of memory. I don't think you'll see much benefit beyond 4, though, to be honest.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Proposed as answer by Ken WarrenModerator Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:15 PM
    • Marked as answer by JeyNyce Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:51 PM
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    Microsoft has an MSDN article which details memory support for various operating systems. Given that Windows Home Server is based on a version of Windows Server 2008 (a version of WS08 R2, I believe) I would think it will support at least 8 GB of memory. I don't think you'll see much benefit beyond 4, though, to be honest.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Proposed as answer by Ken WarrenModerator Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:15 PM
    • Marked as answer by JeyNyce Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:51 PM
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    I kinda of figure that, but it's still nice to know these things.
    I don't call tech support, I AM TECH SUPPORT!
    Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:51 PM
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    From my experience with Vail, I would say that 4 GB is more than enough. Frankly, I don't see any difference between 2 GB  and 4 GB with anything I'm doing. Given that the underlying OS is Server 2k8 R2, with a very defined workload, that is what I would expect anyway.
     
     
     
     
    "JeyNyce" wrote in message news:1e23cde8-2dc7-497a-bb25-f603a405e2b6...
    I was able to download it with no problems.  Now that it's 64Bit, will adding more than 4Gigs of RAM really improve the performance?
    I don't call tech support, I AM TECH SUPPORT!
    Charlie. http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel
    Tuesday, April 27, 2010 2:51 PM
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    Currently our testing is with 4GB, and we don’t see any problems.
     
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    "JeyNyce" wrote in message news:34029970-4cef-46c4-a300-4840263e404b...
    I kinda of figure that, but it's still nice to know these things.
    I don't call tech support, I AM TECH SUPPORT!
    Tuesday, April 27, 2010 6:33 PM
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