Adding more RAM for MS SQL Server 2000

Hi
I have a MS SQL Server 2000 SP3 on MS Windows Server 2003 SP1 machine at my
hand. The SQL Server is configured for dynamic memory allocation. The machine
had 2GB of RAM in it when I installed the SQL Server. Now I've installed two
more gigabytes of RAM into the machine and I want to allow the SQL Server to
use a total of 3GB of RAM (by means of turning on the /3GB switch in Windows
boot.ini).
Do I also have to reconfigure any SQL Server parameters after enabling it to
use the additional gigabyte of RAM?
Many thanks,
Oskar
No. All you have to do is add the /3GB switch to boot.ini and reboot.
If you wanted to address > 4GB of RAM then you would have to start
playing with AWE but <= 4GB is addressable with normal windows memory
addressing & therefore normal MSSQL dynamic memory management.
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Oskar wrote:

>Hi
>I have a MS SQL Server 2000 SP3 on MS Windows Server 2003 SP1 machine at my
>hand. The SQL Server is configured for dynamic memory allocation. The machine
>had 2GB of RAM in it when I installed the SQL Server. Now I've installed two
>more gigabytes of RAM into the machine and I want to allow the SQL Server to
>use a total of 3GB of RAM (by means of turning on the /3GB switch in Windows
>boot.ini).
>Do I also have to reconfigure any SQL Server parameters after enabling it to
>use the additional gigabyte of RAM?
>--
>Many thanks,
>Oskar
>
>
|||Hi,
This will work out if your SQL server 2000 edition is Enterprise or Developer. Standard edition can support a maximum of 2 GB only.
Thanks
Hari
SQL Server MVP
"Mike Hodgson" <mike.hodgson@.mallesons.nospam.com> wrote in message news:OvpsIwbZFHA.4088@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
No. All you have to do is add the /3GB switch to boot.ini and reboot. If you wanted to address > 4GB of RAM then you would have to start playing with AWE but <= 4GB is addressable with normal windows memory addressing & therefore normal MSSQL dynamic memory management.
mike hodgson | database administrator | mallesons stephen jaques
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Oskar wrote:
Hi
I have a MS SQL Server 2000 SP3 on MS Windows Server 2003 SP1 machine at my
hand. The SQL Server is configured for dynamic memory allocation. The machine
had 2GB of RAM in it when I installed the SQL Server. Now I've installed two
more gigabytes of RAM into the machine and I want to allow the SQL Server to
use a total of 3GB of RAM (by means of turning on the /3GB switch in Windows
boot.ini).
Do I also have to reconfigure any SQL Server parameters after enabling it to
use the additional gigabyte of RAM?
Many thanks,
Oskar