Subj : Re: Server RAM
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Mark Hofmann
Date : Sat Apr 02 2022 09:11:34


KW> Great for a server, was a pain in the butt in an old desktop of mine. I
KW> had a Dell T3400 workstation that used ECC RAM. Built link a tank, but I
KW> was never able to find affordable RAM to get it from 8 to 16GB. If I
KW> could have afforded to get it to 16GB, I'd still be using it today!

Some workstation motherboards will accept ECC or non-ECC memory.  Typically the ECC is for servers and non-ECC for regular workstations.  

I was fortunate enough to repurpose a ton of ECC memory from some decommissioned servers that were hosting both VDI and ESXi.  Some from blades and others from rack based.  That is how I was able to get 300GB in each of my Supermicro servers.  I'm using about 50% of that, too.

I need to upgrade the motherboard/RAM/CPU on my main workstation PC at some point.  That is the next thing to do.  Prices are just too high right now and I have been holding off.

- Mark

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