RAM usage

[ghillard]

I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise server with 32GB of RAM running Terminal
Services. The /PAE switch is in the boot.ini file. Up to 30 users at a time
log into the server. My question is about RAM utilization. When I look at
Task Manger or Perfmon the server never shows more than 3GB of RAM utilized.
Both the BIOS and Windows recognize all 32GB installed. Why would the entire
amout of RAM be utilized?

Thank you

 

[Tim Judd]

ghillard wrote:
> I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise server with 32GB of RAM running Terminal
> Services. The /PAE switch is in the boot.ini file. Up to 30 users at a time
> log into the server. My question is about RAM utilization. When I look at
> Task Manger or Perfmon the server never shows more than 3GB of RAM utilized.
> Both the BIOS and Windows recognize all 32GB installed. Why would the entire
> amout of RAM be utilized?
>
> Thank you


your message is confusing.

If there is 32GB of RAM in the machine, and "server never shows more
than 3GB of RAM utilized" "why would the entire amount of RAM be utilized?"

If your last question is a typo, please correct it.

entire amount of RAM=32GB
Usage=3GB



Something isn't right, please correct your post via a reply.

--TJ




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[Ace Fekay [MCT]]

"ghillard" wrote in message
news:4C58D049-9A72-4B94-A9C2-E365637ABC07@microsoft.com...
>I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise server with 32GB of RAM running Terminal
> Services. The /PAE switch is in the boot.ini file. Up to 30 users at a
> time
> log into the server. My question is about RAM utilization. When I look
> at
> Task Manger or Perfmon the server never shows more than 3GB of RAM
> utilized.
> Both the BIOS and Windows recognize all 32GB installed. Why would the
> entire
> amout of RAM be utilized?
>
> Thank you


Possibly because it may not be using more than that? I assume this is a
32bit operating system. Have you also set the /3GB switch?

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[Ben Humpert]

ghillard wrote:
>I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise server with 32GB of RAM running Terminal
> Services. The /PAE switch is in the boot.ini file. Up to 30 users at a
> time
> log into the server. My question is about RAM utilization. When I look
> at
> Task Manger or Perfmon the server never shows more than 3GB of RAM
> utilized.
> Both the BIOS and Windows recognize all 32GB installed. Why would the
> entire
> amout of RAM be utilized?
>
> Thank you

I have the same server edition but only 8 GB RAM and i only saw once that
the server uses more than 3 GB of RAM. I don't have set any boot paramenters
like /3GB or /PAE. I know, its somehow a waste of money if you have much RAM
but the server doesn't use it (often) but if he need much ram its good to
have enough

 

[Brian Cryer]

"ghillard" wrote in message
news:4C58D049-9A72-4B94-A9C2-E365637ABC07@microsoft.com...
>I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise server with 32GB of RAM running Terminal
> Services. The /PAE switch is in the boot.ini file. Up to 30 users at a
> time
> log into the server. My question is about RAM utilization. When I look
> at
> Task Manger or Perfmon the server never shows more than 3GB of RAM
> utilized.
> Both the BIOS and Windows recognize all 32GB installed. Why would the
> entire
> amout of RAM be utilized?

If you genuinly have 32GB of RAM then you ought to be using a 64bit OS to
get the full advantage of it. Whilst the /PAE switch in theory allows you to
use up to 64GB, each individual process can still acccess no more than 2GB
of RAM and that might be your limitation here (just a guess).

http://everything.explained.at/Physical_Address_Extension
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