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SQL Server Windows 2003 AWE PAE 3GB

I just upgraded the RAM in our SQL server from 2GB to 10GB and the SQL DB is only using 2.7GB of RAM. I have read many places things like:

"AWE memory cannot be dynamically managed, like memory is normally managed in SQL Server. This means that SQL Server will automatically grab all the RAM it can when it starts (except for about 128MB, which is reserved for the operating system), but it will not release any of this RAM until SQL Server is turned off. "
http://www.sql-server-performance.com/awe_memory.asp

I set BOTH the /3GB and /PAE switch in my boot.ini file, and I enabled AWE in SQL server via the following commands:

SP_CONFIGURE 'show advanced options', 1
RECONFIGURE
GO

SP_CONFIGURE 'awe enabled', 1
RECONFIGURE
GO

SP_CONFIGURE 'max server memory', 9216
RECONFIGURE
GO

From what I had gathered I assumed the SQL server would use 9GB of RAM and leave 1GB for the system. I look in Perfmon->SQL Server:MemoryManager->Target Server Memory(KB) and it is saying roughly 2.7GB

What am I missing?

EugeneZ

What edition of Windows 2003 do you have?
And what sql server 2k edition?

please read the Maximum Capacity Specifications for sql server 2000
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/architec/8_ar_ts_8dbn.asp

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SQL Server 2000 Ent. Ed.
Windows 2003 Ent Ed.

The 10 GB of RAM is seen by windows.

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BTW - the SQL server memory consumption climbed up to 2.7GB over time and then stuck there.

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arbert--

I am completely new to this stuff - so it seems normal for my memory usage to slowly climb to 2,792,540K exactly and then stay there?

-Sam