Category Archives: Memory Posts

Why Should You Upgrade Your Memory?

~written by David Sheerr, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member It’s no secret that upgrading your computer’s memory most often improves performance, but have you ever stopped to wonder why that is? Before you can understand why a RAM upgrade improves … Continue reading

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DDR3 Server Memory: LV 1.35V or Standard 1.5V–What Shall I Choose?

~written by Nelson Rodriguez, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member DDR3 Low voltage 1.35V RDIMMs are becoming mainstream in today’s x86 servers featuring Intel’s Xeon 5600 series CPUs—also known as “Westmere”.    Standard DDR3 DIMMs run at 1.5V.  DDR3 memory technology has … Continue reading

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Building a White Box Server?

~written by Bob Crane, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member Whether you’re a system integrator, OEM or in IT, when building high quality white box servers it is important to deliver a reliable system. Memory is a big part of this, … Continue reading

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Good Things Happen in Strange Ways – The Story of Sun Oracle M-Class Server Memory Upgrades

-written by Cecile Dagoret, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member – EMEA When discussing with server managers at large corporations I realize that a criterion of great importance to them is how scalable the server platform that they select is, and … Continue reading

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Pick the right Xeon to get the best memory and application performance!

-written by Paul Henke, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member DDR3-1333 is today’s mainstream memory speed and is the fastest memory supported in today’s best selling x86 2-way servers with Intel processors.  However, many users are purchasing these servers and selecting … Continue reading

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Surface Mount Technology – The Future is Now

-written by Guy Corsey, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member Remember when Dick Tracy would speak to his Police chief through his wrist watch? I always thought of how cool it would to be able to do that. Well, with the … Continue reading

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Errors…Corrections Made in an Imperfect World

- written by Brian Cook, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member Nothing in life is error-free, and computers are no exception.  Computer systems are designed to be very reliable, and to give years of trouble-free dependable service.  However, occasionally hiccups can … Continue reading

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RAM Powered Virtualization Behind the Cloud

-written by Michael Stys, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member In today’s business environment, it is becoming more of a common place to find IT Managers being asked to support more with fewer resources. While at the same time, these IT … Continue reading

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Green Upgrades Save on Datacenter Costs

-written by Colin Pittham, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member Recent reports have indicated that datacenter power consumption in the US has almost doubled in the last five years and is set to continue at a similar rate in the years … Continue reading

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Why use JEDEC Compliant DIMMs?

- written by Phil Muck, Dataram Memory Blog Team Member Not all DIMMs are created equal.  That is where the JEDEC Memory Module committee JC-45 comes into play.  The JEDEC JC-45 committee is comprised of major DRAM manufacturers such as … Continue reading

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