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For reference here is the Server Requirements page from MS<br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/windowsserver/bb414778" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/windowsserver/bb414778</a>
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For reference here is the Server Requirements page from MS
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/windowsserver/bb414778 [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/windowsserver/bb414778]

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Or upgrade to 2012 Standard - No limits on Memory (beyond architecture).
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Or upgrade to 2012 Standard - No limits on Memory (beyond architecture).

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We have a Windows 2008 Server (64-bit) which has 64GB RAM installed. However, when you check the Properties it says that it has 64GB installed, but only 32GB usable. Is this normal? If not, how can we get the Server to use all of the installed RAM?<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2014/06_w27/858396/server.png" target="_blank" title="screenshot of properties (60 KB)"><img alt="screenshot of properties" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 718px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2014/06_w27/858396/server.png" /></a>
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We have a Windows 2008 Server (64-bit) which has 64GB RAM installed. However, when you check the Properties it says that it has 64GB installed, but only 32GB usable. Is this normal? If not, how can we get the Server to use all of the installed RAM?

2008 server not using all installed ram

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.