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Kingston KVR1333D3E9SK2/4G 4GB (2x2GB) ECC Unbuffered UDIMM Kit Changes

Posted on 27 December 2010. Tags: DDR3, ECC, Kingston, Memory, Server, UDIMM

Regular readers of my site know that I am a fan of the Kingston KVR1333D3E9SK2/4G 4GB (2x2GB) ECC Unbuffered DIMM kit. It works in Intel 3400 chipset motherboards that are picky about memory. Two major changes have been happening with regard to this memory. Read the full story

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The Big (30+ drive) Windows Home Server (Part 1)

Posted on 04 January 2010. Tags: 1.5TB, Adaptec 31605, Memory, Norco, Patriot, Raid 1, Raid 5, Raid 6, SATA 2.0, Seagate, Seagate 7200.11, The Big WHS (30+ Drives), WHS, Windows Home Server

About 10 months ago I decided to enter the world of the Windows Home Server. My storage arrays had outstripped my Cosmos S’s capacity, and running multiple controllers for all of the SAS drives as well as SATA storage became too much. My decision to build a WHS v. buy one was made due to sub-$100 Seagate 1.5TB 7200.11 drives (at the time very inexpensive) so I bought another eight drives just to fill up an 8 port raid controller.

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Windows Home Server Supported Memory (RAM)

Posted on 28 September 2009. Tags: DDR2, DDR3, Memory, RAM, Server, WHS, Windows Home Server

Recently I received a question regarding how much memory (RAM) is supported in Windows Home Server.

The answer is fairly straightforward. Microsoft built WHS upon the Windows Server 2003 32-bit kernal. Practically speaking, this means that WHS does not have support for RAM amounts greater than 4 gigabytes (GB) thanks to Physical Address Extension (PAE). Read the full story

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