Quoting Tony Wasson <
wasson@azxws.com>:
> tickticker wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I have a production system at a clients sandwiched physically in a place
> that
> > makes cracking the hood on a production server difficult. I also don't
> have
> > the luxury of rebooting during off hours.
> >
> > Are they any methods or programs out there that will identify TYPE of
> memory
> > on a running system so that I can purchase more? Like pc-133 or DDR-2100
> or
> > whatever? Red Hat 7.3 not running X
> >
> > I have a gig and I need another.
> >
> > anthony
> >
>
> I'm guessing it's a "white box" server, since most vendors have pretty
> decent spec sheets.
>
> I don't know of a completely magical memory display tool, but I have
> used si (System Information Viewer) to get some information about remote
> machines out. Once I know the chipset and Processor, figuring out the
> memory type is potentially possible.
>
> As a complete worst case, I have bought 2 sets of memory upgrades and
> just used the one that fits.
>
> I know some kernels are compiled with a 1GB RAM limit. Almost all are
> compiled with a 4GB limit, barring Redhat ES.
>
> Tony
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If you can determine what motherboard is installed, you can look up the type
of memory it takes. Usually I reboot and write down the numbers that flash on
the bottom of the screen and look them up on google. If you can't crack the
hood or reboot I'm not sure what options you have.
You might be able to figure it out from the chipset listed in memtest:
http://www.memtest.org/
I find that rebooting at 3am is usually not noticed :)
JD
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