Windows Server 2003 SE and Memory Usage

  • We have one server with SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition running on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.  The server is reporting 3.6GB of memory installed.  I know SQL 2000 SE can use a maximum of 2GB.  If I set the max memory to 2 GB for SQL Server will the OS utilize the remaining 1.6GB of memory or do I need to set the PAE switch?  I've been researching PAE/AWE, but most information I found deals with 2003 Enterprise Edition or Datacenter Edition.

    Thanks,    Dave

  • This articel by Ken Henderson on memory management should explain what you need to know.

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqldev/html/sqldev_01262004.asp

    hth

    David

  • Std edition will report memory usage of around 1.6gb , this is normal and correct. You cannot make std edition use more than this.

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