By CodeJustin
via codinghorror.com
Published: Jul 05 2009 / 05:51
We recently upgraded our database server to 48 GB of memory -- because hardware is cheap, and programmers are expensive.
Imagine our surprise, then, when we rebooted the server and saw only 32 GB of memory available in Windows Server 2008. Did we install the memory wrong? No, the BIOS screen reported the full 48 GB of memory. In fact, the system information applet even reports 48 GB of memory:
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overtheline.myopenid.com replied ago:
and you use windows for servers because your an idiot?
henk replied ago:
Unless, and ONLY unless you're deploying an ASP.NET application, you should not use Windows as a server. It's as simple as that.
mrjohnson replied ago:
He mentioned it's for a database server. Shouldn't be that difficult to switch.
But no, if you've already locked yourself into Windows by using asp, then I doubt you'll get much sympathy from the rest of us. Such price gouging is expected on the platform and shouldn't come as a shock.
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