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8GB RAM Goodness: Win2k8R2 + SQL 2008 + SharePoint 2010 RTM = Aww, yeah.

By Chris R. Chapman at May 10, 2010 23:28
Filed Under: windows7, windows server 2008

Since leaving MSFT, I’ve had to undertake building my own dev machine that’s ready to take on SharePoint 2010 projects, and today I got the final piece in place.  Well, it’s actaully a “penultimate final piece”:  8 GB of DDR3 1066Mhz RAM.  I’ve already configured my Lenovo T510 to dual boot using VHDs for Win7 Ultimate and Win2k8 R2, but the latter was really taxed after installing SQL Server 2008 and SharePoint 2010 – it was peaking at 3.67 GB, bringing my machine to its knees.

No longer:  With the new RAM installed, it now cruises along at a liesurely 2.68 GB with all four engines sipping cycles:

Win2k8r2_sharepoint_8gb_awwyeah

Fantastic.  Next up is to put Visual Studio 2010 Premium on the image and she will be complete!  Then I can back up the VHD to an external drive for disaster recovery, or to run as a Hyper-V image from a stock Win2k8 R2 VHD.

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I am a Toronto-based software consultant specializing in SharePoint, .NET technologies and agile/iterative/lean software project management practices.

I am also a former Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) Consultant with experience providing enterprise customers with subject matter expertise for planning and deploying SharePoint as well as .NET application development best practices.  I am MCAD certified (2006) and earned my Professional Scrum Master I certification in late September 2010, having previously earned my Certified Scrum Master certification in 2006. (What's the difference?)