Maximum memory problem

Hello, everyone:

I have SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition running on Windows 2000 Server. There are always memory full alter. I am going to configure that.

I hope a clearation about a concept. In my enviroment, does SQL Server take maximum memroy upto 2GB, no matter if QWE is enabled?

BOL said AWE is available only in the SQL Server 2000 Enterprise and Developer editions. Does it mean AWE cannot be configured on SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition?

Thanks

ZYTIt's suppose to do that

What? You have other things running on the box?|||Hi, Brett:

No other application is running, only sql server. The physical memory is 4GB. There are alerts. The team in considering to add memory. But it is worried new memory is useless because sql server standard version only take 2GB.

It's suppose to do that

What? You have other things running on the box?|||Yes, AWE cannot be used with SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition. It's limited to 2GB of memory.|||Yes, AWE cannot be used with SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition. It's limited to 2GB of memory.

Not only that, but he's running Windows 2000 Standard. OS Limit is 4GB. No benefit to running AWE on that platform.

AWE is used once you get above 4GB RAM. To get >4 GB RAM, you will need:

Windows 2000 Advanced Server (up to 8 GB RAM)
Windows 2000 Datacenter (Can't remember the limit)
Windows 2003 Enterprise (up to 32 GB RAM)
Windows 2003 Datacenter (up to 64 GB RAM)

Or you could go with Windows 2003 x64 and basically ignore your RAM limits.:shocked:

Regards,

hmscott