Demo-CD : Not enough memory

[mathieu]

Hello,

After adding one more DIMM in the test computer it is ok, no more error message.
I'm just surprised to see a Linux system needing at least 512Mo just for booting...
Anyway it works.

Thanks Todd

[To-M]

Can you tell me how much you added or did you change the motherboard BIOS video settings?

Sorry guys, but if we don’t require it when starting the system we would be inundated with support calls when utilizing other functions later (we standardized on this from past issues -DSS we require 1GB), better to require it up front now then later when you have issues.

Profuse apologies on the added cost! Thanks for working with me on this.

[mathieu]

Hello,

Well, i didn't try to change the video memory setting in the bios, i just added a 512Mo DIMM, so i reach 1Go RAM on my test computer.

Finally, i thinks it is not a big problem really, first because RAM dimm's are cheap this year, second because my production server has 2 Gigs, and last, i don't see serious file servers with less that 1Go. (And NAS-R3 is for serious file servers... no ? )
Maybe you should just specify in the server requirement that 768Mo is a minimum if the video card make use of shared memory.

Thanks again.

[To-M]

The only issue is that we have so many customers that are currently working with 512MB with out any issue (different MB's).
One of our resellers just sold 20 of the NAS-R3 Enterprise systems with the following config below without a hitch. I agree with you there should be some statement stating that in the event you receive the following error messages please make sure that your system has 512MB dedicated for our recommended products and if not add additionl memory. But in the end your suggestion makes sense as this would prevent some level of frustration. I will forward onto our management to have a some statement in the manuals or Quickstart Guide. Thanks again for the ideas, this helps us to be better.

Motherboard:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/m...7221/P8SCT.cfm
512MB RAM
RAID 5 (WD5000YS)
Sata Controller:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/a...C-SAT2-MV8.cfm
Chassis:
http://www.supermicro.com/products/c...SC743T-645.cfm

Comment from http://www.amsstorage.com/ engineers testing before deployment.
“Failed 1 drive then assigned spare drive - rebuild time estimated 2.5 hours (this is normal) – speed was @ 60MB (this is good for a Software RAID!)”