Comments on: SQL Server 2005 and AWE

By: joshua22

joshua22 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:42:56 +0000

thanks for this info…

i just have some more questions…

150GB – Database in 410GB Harddisk raid 5
26GB Memory

1. do i need to configure the min and max memory?
2. do i have to separate the .mdf and .ldf file?
3. who are the users that i am going to include in the “Lock Pages Memory”? do i need to include all the users?

thanks in advance

By: Amit

Amit — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:27:24 +0000

Thanks for the straight forward article. But a little more about the /3GB would have helped.

By: Umit

Umit — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:34:16 +0000

Great job, guys. You saved me lots of of time.

By: Sheryl Axalan

Sheryl Axalan — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:38:29 +0000

THANX GUYS FOR THIS ARTICLE!.. made my job easier!

By: admin

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:30:59 +0000

Thanks Jayson… keep me straight.

By: Jayson Rowe

Jayson Rowe — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:16:43 +0000

One thing I wanted to clarify was that /PAE doesn’t enable 64-bit mode, it enables 36-bit mode – all Intel CPU’s since the Pentium Pro (i686) are “really” 36-bit CPU’s rather than 32-bit CPU’s. Also be sure to check out the /3GB switch as well, but be sure if you utilize the /3GB you must keep an eye on the Paged Pool as make sure the kernel isn’t running out of space.

Also, you can read through these if you haven’t for more understanding:

http://jaysonrowe.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/welcome-to-the-age-of-64-bit-computing/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64