How can I verify that AWE is actually working? The server is SQL 2000
EE on W2KAS with the /pae switch.
I've allocated 5000Mb (5Gb) for SQL but Performance monitor says the
working set for the sqlservr process is only 91Mb (it started out at
around 87Mb a couple of days ago and seems to be creeping up).
"committed bytes" for the server is about 5.6 Gb out of ~6Gb so there's
a whole pile of memory going somewhere.
The error log says "Address Windowing Extensions enabled" (sp_config
indicates a "1" for this as well). The "max server memory" item says
5000 Mb for its "running" value so within the SQL Server things appear
to be correct.
The server does seem to be performing better but it's hard to decide if
that's because of AWE or just the fact that it was rebooted (it hadn't
been in a while).
- Martin