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I do have a server 2008 64 running a SQL server 2005. I do have 8GB on the server and I want SQL to use most of the memory on that server. I have turned the page-locking on for the account and also turned AWE on. See the result below:

Configuration option 'min server memory (MB)' changed from 0 to 1024. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install.

Configuration option 'max server memory (MB)' changed from 5113 to 6144. Run the RECONFIGURE statement to install.

However it does not seem that SQL server is loading the memory. Not sure what I am missing. I would appreciate if someone could lead me on the right direction.

jscott
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Ridvan
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64-bit versions of Windows don't support AWE. "AWE is not required and cannot be configured on 64-bit operating systems."

David Schwartz
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Try running this below query (by Glen Berry); and see "how much memory (in the buffer pool) is being used by each database on the instance"

SELECT  DB_NAME(database_id) AS [Database Name] ,
        COUNT(*) * 8 / 1024.0 AS [Cached Size (MB)]
FROM    sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors
WHERE   database_id > 4 -- system databases
        AND database_id <> 32767 -- ResourceDB
GROUP BY DB_NAME(database_id)
ORDER BY [Cached Size (MB)] DESC
OPTION  ( RECOMPILE ) ;

The min and max memory allocation depends on your workload; Read Effects of min and max server memory for more detail

DaniSQL
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