[geeks] sun ultra 24

Mon Oct 15 14:29:46 CDT 2007

On Oct 15, 2007, at 1:03 PM, Francois Dion wrote:
> Not bad, but disapointing to have only 4 DIMM slots. How much does it
> add to the cost to have 8 DIMM slots??

Quite a bit, because you have to use buffered memory to do that. 
Slots, controller, support circuitry, and the memory modules are all 
more expensive.
Apple and Dell both use buffered ECC memory for their high end 
systems because of this.
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Shannon Hendrix
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