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Yeah I had a bit of an issue when the server arrived, and I mixed the memory up by mistake. Server went mental til I swapped some around.<br />
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Well poop! Thanks anyway.
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Yeah I had a bit of an issue when the server arrived, and I mixed the memory up by mistake. Server went mental til I swapped some around.

Well poop! Thanks anyway.

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Hi<br />
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I have a single DL380 G5 running the ESXi Free for my own use. Currently has 3 VM's:<br />
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1. Windows 2008 R2 (DC/File)<br />
2. Windows 2008 R2 (Exchange 2010)<br />
3. Windows XP (Sage PC, used for accountant's remote access)<br />
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Server currently has 8GB (8x1GB) sticks of RAM, and its getting to be too slow. I want to upgrade it to 16GB (which is probably over what I need currently, but opens up avenues or more VM's if I want to do some testing)<br />
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Being a low utilisation server (just me really, plus a handful of external exchange only users), I dont mind cutting &quot;some&quot; corners. <br />
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What's the difference between Registered and Non-Registered? ECC and non ECC? Buffered and non-Buffered?<br />
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Would I get away with getting RAM which has none/only a few of these features? Would the server complain or let me even use them at all?<br />
<br />
I know what is best - but not sure what I can get away with.
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Hi

I have a single DL380 G5 running the ESXi Free for my own use. Currently has 3 VM's:

1. Windows 2008 R2 (DC/File)
2. Windows 2008 R2 (Exchange 2010)
3. Windows XP (Sage PC, used for accountant's remote access)

Server currently has 8GB (8x1GB) sticks of RAM, and its getting to be too slow. I want to upgrade it to 16GB (which is probably over what I need currently, but opens up avenues or more VM's if I want to do some testing)

Being a low utilisation server (just me really, plus a handful of external exchange only users), I dont mind cutting "some" corners. 

What's the difference between Registered and Non-Registered? ECC and non ECC? Buffered and non-Buffered?

Would I get away with getting RAM which has none/only a few of these features? Would the server complain or let me even use them at all?

I know what is best - but not sure what I can get away with.

HP DL380 G5 RAM - Registered/ECC/none?

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