If
your metadata server is installed in a 32-bit Windows host, then you
should be aware of the 2GB per-process address limit on these machines.
The following 32-bit Windows hosts support a 4GT RAM Tuning feature
that enables you to increase the per-process address limit to 3GB:
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Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server,
Enterprise Edition
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced
Server
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter
Server
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Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard
Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
Edition
-
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter
Edition
If your memory requirements exceed 3GB, then you
should consider running your metadata server in a host environment
that has a higher per-process address space. For more information
about the 4GT RAM Tuning feature, see "4GT RAM Tuning" in
the Microsoft MSDN Library at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library.
The following is an
example of a boot.ini file that specifies a 3GB address limit:
[boot loader]
timeout=5 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional" /fastdetect /3GB