ECC Memory Compatibility

[Bloodshed_x3d]

Hey guys,

 

I want to buy 2 x 8GB DDR3 ECC DIMM's (either 1333Mhz or 1600mhz)

 

Will

http://www.intelligentservers.co.uk/components/hp-8gb-1x8gb-single-rank-x4-pc3-12800r-ddr3-1600-registered-cas-11-memory-kit-647899-b21-664691-001/

 

Work with

http://manuals.ts.fujitsu.com/file/10327/tx100s3-d3009-tm-en.pdf

 

and I assume it will work with

https://ark.intel.com/products/65734/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1220-v2-8M-Cache-3_10-GHz

 

 

If it will work:

 

1) Is it a good deal?

2) Will 16GB be enough for about 3-5VM's running on Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition?

 

If it won't work:

 

1) Why not?

2) What exactly do I need to buy?

[Eniqmatic]

I wouldn't risk that personally unless you can return it easily - HP memory (I know its manufactured by Samsung) often doesn't play with any other manufacturer at all, from my slightly limited testing previously.

Use either this website:

https://www.mrmemory.co.uk/memory-ram-upgrades/fujitsu-siemens/primergy/tx100-s3-d3009

 

Or the crucial site to list compatible memory kits:

http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/compatible-upgrade-for/Fujitsu/primergy-tx100-s3

 

These are UK sites but should have US equivalents or you can at least get the part numbers and find them manually. 

[doup93]

It may not work as the board requires ECC unbuffered RAM whereas the memory you linked is fully buffered.

 

As for the number of VM's for that server, it depends on what is being run in these VM.