Windows Server Platform
Windows Server 2008 advances control and manageability, increases flexibility, and provides a solid foundation for more secure, more robust server environments.
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On x86-based and x64-based platforms, some Windows Server editions support hot-add memory, which allows ranges of physical memory to be added to a running operating system without requiring a system reboot. This article describes how system manufacturers can take advantage of hot-add memory support in the following Windows Server editions:
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Physical Address Extension (PAE) is an Intel-provided memory address extension that enables processors to expand the number of bits that can be used to address physical memory from 32 bits to 36 bits, through support in the host operating system for applications using the Address Windowing Extensions (AWE) API. |
See also
- Building an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Cloud Using Windows Server 8
- Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008
- Configure and Manage Server Core Installations
- NUMA Support (Windows)
- Dynamic Hardware Partitioning
- Dynamic Hardware Partitioning Techniques
- Catalog Criteria for Fault-Tolerant Servers
- Building Hardware and Firmware to Complement Headless Functionality in Windows [296 KB] [file]
- Emergency Management Services [159 KB] [file]
- Serial Port Console Redirection Table (SPCR)
- Standardizing Out-of-Band Management Console Output and Terminal Emulation (VT-UTF8 and VT100+) [v.0.9; 69KB] [file]
- Windows Server 2003 EMS SAC XML Encoding [1.16 MB] [file]
- Supporting Systems That Have More Than 64 Processors
- Hardware Management and Security
- Virtualization