Maximum physical memory for ESXi?

Hello.

I have two xSeries 336 servers where I intend to install ESXi. One of them is a single processor with 2 GB of RAM, the other is dual processor with 1 GB of RAM. They are all Intel 32-bit processors.

Now, I plan to purchase more memory for them. My question is if ESXi will have a limit of 4 GB in 32-bit platforms or if I can use up to 8 GB on each server (as I could do if I was running Windows 2003 with the pae option).

Kind regards. Sergio.

Have a read of the document Setting Maximums for the Max RAM Oh and you can check the VMware systems compatibility matrix for your x 336 servers...

Thank you

Neil

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