Memory

[BigBadBooey]

Hi all,

Just a quick question. I have an existing FreeNAS 8 server that is running on a HP ProLiant DL380 G7 with 16Gb RAM. I've never noted it before, but when I login to FreeNAS via the web browser I see that the memory being reported from the System Information page is 10215MB.

I am creating a new FreeNAS 9.1 server using HP ProLiant DL380 G8 with 32Gb RAM but when I go to the System Information page it shows memory of 1869MB.

Is this the memory available to FreeNAS or the memory being used? From the BIOS and Boot screens I note that both servers successfully display 16Gb and 32Gb respectively.

Just a tad confused. I am not doing anything at the moment on the new FreeNAS server so thats why I am wondering if it is to do with how much memory is being used rather than what FreeNAS sees as available?

 

[BigBadBooey]

Hi all,

Would appreciate any help on this if possible. Have attached an image - when I boot the BIOS screen definitely shows 32Gb RAM in the server.

 

[cyberjock]

How about you use the 64 bit version of FreeNAS..... see that little "x86"..... that's not good.

 

[BigBadBooey]

Do you know what ..... arrrrgh! I didn't even see that they had downloaded me the 32-bit version!

Cheers (again) Cyberjock!! Back to a fresh install..... :D

 

[cyberjock]

Hehe. You aren't the first one to get that wrong. :P

 

[BigBadBooey]

haha! Well, the good news is that after two days of messing about I now have a NAS running like something off a shovel! Two days knowledge mastered in 15 minutes huh! Transferring servers now - many thanks for your help again Cyberjock. Cheers!