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>>6) Do the servers in question all support L2 cache for the full extent of the RAM installed?
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>I think a good question, but how to know the answer ? The only thing I can say is that 256MB memory is in there, and there's (I think) 512KB of L2 cache. Whether that supports the 256MB - and how to calculate that, I don't know. OTOH the 6 different servers we have been running Novell since april 2000 up till now would all have been different to this respect I think.
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Well I suspect that 256meg is most likely OK. But the only way to know for sure would be to check with Compaq and IBM (you mention these names) for the specific models involved.
Assuming that they are sold as servers then, as I said, I suspect they are OK. The one we switched to after our incident that I mentioned was a Compaq P90 with 256meg and it was fine.

In any case, none of this additional information has much to do with 'next day' type of problems as much as it simply rounds out the situation.

Again, good luck