32bit os and 4g ram limit

[MikeL]

This is a very interesting article - albeit quite technical about the so called 4gig ram limit for 32 bit operating systems:

Geoff Chappell, Software Analyst - Viewer

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[Dryce]

This is a very interesting article - albeit quite technical about the so called 4gig ram limit for 32 bit operating systems:

I think you should rephrase that as:

This is a very interesting article - albeit quite technical about the so called 4gig ram limit for 32 bit *Windows* operating systems:

And it's worse than that if you're doing server setups because depending on Windows version, configuration options, and things like SQL Server options you might find your memory handling is: (a) OS version limited (b) OS edition limited (c) OS configuration limited (d) SQL Server version/edition limited.