Re: 8 GB of RAM installed

From: Martin Ha (martin.ha_at_gmx.net)
Date: 08/03/04


Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 10:50:11 +0200

Serverdba wrote:

> SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition machine running Windows 2000 Advanced Server. The server has 8 GB of RAM installed but for some reason SQL Server is only utilizing less than 4 GB. What would the likely cause be?

Hi,

The Account which starts the SQL Service must have the privilege "lock
pages in memory" - you can set this in the local policy settings



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