Apple MAC memory inside of Dell Poweredges

Lil306

Anyone tried this ?

I haven't looked into it too much but when I get my poweredge servers I'm looking at maxing them out with the 8GB modules

I've seen some ECC Modules design for macbook pros but don't know if would even fit, they're also a hell of a lot cheaper. The timings and voltages are a bit diff though aswell so I don't know if any of it's compatible, but I'd rather save some money than spend a lot on incompatible memory

RobertoMoir

As Macbook Pros use laptop memory and PowerEdge servers use server memory, the chances of it fitting are somewhere between not bloody likely and you're joking, right?

What I suggest is go to the crucial website: https://www.crucial.com/uk and tell their "memory checker" what kind of server you have, it will suggest what type of memory you need. You don't need to buy it from them, you can instead copy all parts of the spec you see here and use that to shop around.

Lil306

RobertoMoir wrote: »

As Macbook Pros use laptop memory and PowerEdge servers use server memory, the chances of it fitting are somewhere between not bloody likely and you're joking, right?

What I suggest is go to the crucial website: www.crucial.com/uk and tell their "memory checker" what kind of server you have, it will suggest what type of memory you need. You don't need to buy it from them, you can instead copy all parts of the spec you see here and use that to shop around.

No I wasn't joking, I was aware Macbooks are laptops but I've never seen the memory modules for a Mac so don't know of their fitment and size. Just wanted to check it

Now I know I can just run a search for standard server memory

RobertoMoir

Lil306 wrote: »

No I wasn't joking, I was aware Macbooks are laptops but I've never seen the memory modules for a Mac so don't know of their fitment and size. Just wanted to check it

Now I know I can just run a search for standard server memory

It's not a mac vs. windows/pc thing really. Laptops of all kinds generally take small form factor memory modules. Depending on what kind of PowerEdge server you have, it can take what is essentially normal desktop memory or it may require specialised server memory. I really do recommend the crucial tool or something similar. Memory for a Dell PowerEdge 2900 series server is going to be totally different to memory for a Dell PowerEdge R610 series server.

Lil306

Yeah, I kinda already knew it I just wanted to confirm it. Not particurlary worried about the crucial memory tool. So long as you use the right rate modules it's capable of taking them

I always check anyway, just wanted to make sure

dark1

Lil306 wrote: »

Anyone tried this ?

I haven't looked into it too much but when I get my poweredge servers I'm looking at maxing them out with the 8GB modules

I've seen some ECC Modules design for macbook pros but don't know if would even fit, they're also a hell of a lot cheaper. The timings and voltages are a bit diff though aswell so I don't know if any of it's compatible, but I'd rather save some money than spend a lot on incompatible memory

I know this is an old thread, but thought I'd clear up a slight confusion.

You say you've seen ECC modules for a MacBook Pro. What I suspect you actually saw was for a Mac Pro. Subtle difference. The former is a laptop that uses non-ECC SODIMMs. The latter is a desktop workstation that uses ECC DIMMs.

As to whether RAM that works in a Mac Pro will also work in a Dell server, I don't know. Perhaps see which RAM Crucial suggests for both models and see if they come out the same.