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 SQL 2000 AWE enabled and CPUs hit hard?

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Posted - 2002-01-20 : 17:44:40
writes "Hi,

Running SQL Server 2000 EE on Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2 on an 8 CPU Dell with 8 GB RAM. BOOT.INI contains /3GB /PAE switches. Processors were running fine with SQL using 3 GB until I enabled AWE in T-SQL. With AWE enabled and max server memory set to 6144 SQL uses the 6 GB and disk I/O is better as expected, but processors now under much heavier load - like almost double. Only other thing running on the machine is MSSearch but I've effectively reserved 2 GB for this and the O/S by setting max server memory to 6144.

Anyone any thoughts on this? I need the extra memory but I really want my processors to behave as well!!!

Any thoughts very gratefully received.

Julian Ball
Espotting Media
julian.ball@espotting.net"

JamesH
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Posted - 2002-01-21 : 08:34:08
Which SP do you have on SQL2000? I know there were some bugs with the base version and AWE support.

JamesH.

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