I've got 460-24t switches claiming they have 1gb of RAM, and 460-48t claiming they have 512mb. Is this normal, and if so, why do the "bigger" switches have less RAM?
I can't find an official spec sheet anywhere that lists the RAM.
Yes. The storage memory should be 1 GB for all X460 switch.
What I am thinking is that X460-48 switch may have 2 ASIC chip. First 24 ports are assigned to first ASIC and next 24 ports are assigned to 2nd ASIC.
First ASIC might gets 512 MB and 2nd ASIC would get 512 MB. However, total memory would be 1 GB. However, I have to confirm it if 48 port switch does have two ASIC or not.
Total memory is shared amongs the ASIC. It's using smart memory allocation method.