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mahesh.dasoni

Posted Tuesday, October 09, 2012 9:10 PM

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We have SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition SP4 and Windows Server 2003 64 bit.
Is it possible to enable AWE and if enabled will it help mprove performance

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Ratheesh.K.Nair

Posted Tuesday, October 09, 2012 11:29 PM

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AWE is for 32 bit system .AWE is not required and cannot be configured on 64-bit operating systems.

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opc.three

Posted Friday, October 12, 2012 10:24 PM

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The OS is not the determining factor, the bitness of SQL Server is. If SQL Server is 32-bit running on a 64-bit OS then AWE can be enabled in SQL Server.

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