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March 9th, 2017 12:00

R410 Memory Configuration question

I have two Dell R410 Servers

8 x 4GB sticks (2Rx4)

8 x 8GB sticks (2Rx4)

I was hoping to put 2 sticks of 4GB and 2 sicks of 8GB per processor. for a total of 48GB per server.

As it was my understanding that these servers have 3 channels.

Ch 0 - 1&4 with 2 x 4GB sticks

Ch 1 - 8GB stick

Ch 2 - 8GB sitck

Should this work OK?

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    Posted March 10th, 2017 01:00

    Yes, I did. And it seems to work.  Accept for the unoptimized configuration message on every boot.

    Thank you for your suggestion.  I will try it and let you know the result.

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    Posted March 13th, 2017 00:00

    First, thank you so much for the help. It's very much appreciated. However, I just need one last clarification. I hope.

    1.) In both options, I will get the "unoptimized configuration" message on boot.

    Is that OK?

    2.) I tried looking all over the internet trying to figure out why channel 0 is better to put the larger?

    It seemed to make sense to me to put the 2 x 4GB into channel zero, as that would bring to total RAM to chan 0 = 8GB, and then if I put 8GB in the others slots, that would make all "Channels" equal in size, or am I missing something?

    3.) I figured out that if I put, 4GB modules into slots 1,2,3 and 8GB into slot 4, and then reverse for the other server. I do NOT get the "unoptimized configuration" messages on boot. That also means I have one server with 40GB of RAM and another with 56GB of RAM which is very nonoptimal for my needs. 

    What to do????

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    Posted March 14th, 2017 14:00

    Now I fully understand. I may be able to swap memory with some other servers I have and make it all work as I would like.

    Just one last thing.  Now that I think I fully understand.

    The picture you have above, is a little bit confusing to me personally.

    Should it not be more like this?

    Thank you! again for the help.