On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 12:00:51PM -0800, Dave Hitz wrote:
Important: Data ONTAP 5.0 requires 128MB of memory on the filer to run properly. If you do not currently have 128MB of memory, contact our Installed Base Group either by e-mail or by phone at 1-888-2NETAPP.
Ouch. 128MB? Why is that? Will filers be sold with a minimumconfiguration of 128MB in the future?
This is a combinations new features and better testing.
Better testing? Well, we've discovered some rare but real situations where low memory can cause deadlocks or panics. We did change some algorithms, but it also seemed sensible to increase the memory requirement. We checked our manufacturing database, and we believe that of the four-thousand-plus filers in the field, fewer than 100 currently have less than 128 MB of memory.
So now we are being 'forced' to buy another 64MB...if we wanna continue to upgrade.
(yep - we are one of those < 100 people with a small filer and 64MB)