From: "Jim Queen" 
Subject: Re: How much memory.....
Date: 1998/08/03
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A LOT depends on the block size, number of users, additional services
running on the server,
etc.  Personally, I always allocate 16 mb per gig, up to 64 GB RAM, and then
about 8 GB after.
Keep in mind that 3.x was never intended for servers in the 4+ GB range --
it's real wasteful on
memory at this point and not all that stable (memory leaks mean you ought to
reboot it at least
once a month at this point).


NStorer@ix.netcom.com wrote in message
...
>Hi There,
>
>Ok, here's today's beer question.....ok and bragging rights as well :-)
>
>In NW 3.12 what is the formula for calculating the amount of memory need
>for a given size of hard drive.
>
>So far my colleagues have offered several answers ranging from 8meg ram per
>1gig of Hard disk right up to 12meg of ram per 1gig of hard disk.
>
>Is there a definitive answer?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Neil