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November 11th, 2011 17:00
2950 memory upgrade questions
Long story short, will non ECC memory work in a 2950 PowerEdge Server? It currently have 2 gigs of factory memory (I'm assuming ECC) and we need to step it up alittle to do some of the things we want to do. It is being used in a training environment, not production so redundancy isn't paramount. ECC memory is hard(er) to find and more expensive, non-ECC obviously cheaper and easier to find. Being I'm paying outta my own pocket to do the upgrade can this unit run on non ECC memory? And if so what are the if any stipulations as far as mixing or matching etc? Thanks.
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DELL-Willy M
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November 11th, 2011 18:00
The server requires ECC memory to operate properly. Here is a link to the PE 2950 Server Hardware Manual PDF. You can see the memory configuration options starting on page 89 of the PDF.
support.dell.com/.../hom.pdf
You can see the memory configuration options starting on page 89 of the PDF.
Also here are a couple links to compatible memory available for purchase from Dell.com
search.dell.com/results.aspx
search.dell.com/results.aspx
Let us know if you have any further questions.
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theflash1932
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November 11th, 2011 18:00
Just to make one note to what Willy said - if you didn't already get it from the docs ... it requires not only ECC, but Fully Buffered ECC memory (different from Registered ECC). Non ECC and non-FB DIMM's would not work and will not fit.