Limitation on Windows Server 2003

Limitation on Windows Server 2003

There are various limitations to windows 2003 especially when it comes to the hardware specifications that are used. Some are as follows:

• The Hot Add Memory feature is not available in some versions. It is a feature that is meant to allow ranges of memory to be added to a computer and also made available to the operating system that is being and applications that you have installed as part of the normal memory pool.
• In some cases, there may be non-uniform memory access, whereby the time the processor is meant to access the memory in the other nodes is not longer than the access time that is used when accessing the memory in the same node, and therefore causing no-uniform memory access across the system.

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Limitation on Windows Server 2003

There are certain limitations that need to be observed when using Windows Server 2003. Like for example in the physical memory, there are different maximum amounts of RAM that can be installed in every edition of Windows Server 2003 for 32-bit and 64-bit versions. For 32-bit versions, here are the maximum amounts of RAM for different editions of Windows Server 2003:

• Windows Server 2003 Datacenter – 64 GB is the maximum capacity [16 GB with 4GT].
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise – 64 GB is the maximum capacity [16 GB with 4GT].
• Windows Server 2003 Standard – 4 GB maximum physical RAM.
• Windows Server 2003 Web – 2 GB maximum physical RAM.
• Windows Server 2003 Small Business – 4 GB maximum limit.
• Windows Storage Server 2003 Enterprise – 8 GB full capacity.
• Windows Storage Server 2003 – 4 GB maximum RAM.

For the 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003:

• Windows Server 2003 Datacenter – 512 GB maximum physical RAM.
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise – 512 GB full capacity.
• Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 – 32 GB maximum RAM capacity.