Re: 4 Gb RAM in SQL 2000 Standard

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From: Mike Epprecht \(SQL MVP\) (mike_at_epprecht.net)
Date: 12/01/04


Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 01:03:51 +0100

Hi

2Gb is per instance of SQL Server. If you have 4Gb, at most you can use is
3GB (with the /3gb switch in boot.ini)

So in effect, AS and SQL Engine can use 3Gb between them, but one can not
use more than 2Gb.

Regards
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Mike Epprecht, Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Zurich, Switzerland

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"cathedr@wa.state.gov" <cathedrwastategov@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:2F2C975C-3322-41BF-8EB3-C5552A47DB39@microsoft.com...
> I want to run both analysis services and standard relational Db services
on
> one server with 4 Gb of RAM. I have read that if you want to use more
than 2
> Gb RAM you should choose the Enterprise version of SQL 2000. I want to
know
> if that 2 Gb limit is for both analysis and relational combined or whether
> the limit is 2 Gb per service.
>
> Can anyone tell me with absolute certainty?



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