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I think the confusion is that Windows is usually limited to only using 3Gbyte RAM, but using PAE allows it to use up to 4Gbyte (even in client versions). Also the AWE API can be used in the client versions to access that extra 1-2Gbyte of memory if needed. (
Perhaps that was how they did it with WinXP (I don't know, I've never used PAE mode on XP) because they needed a reason for people to upgrade later on, but on Windows Server 2000 Advanced Server/Datacenter Edition (yes, Win2k), I've seen PAE enabled to provide 16gb of RAM available to the OS *and* SQL Server (via AWE) - so I know you are wrong.
Edited 2011-01-06 17:59 UTC
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I think the confusion is that Windows is usually limited to only using 3Gbyte RAM, but using PAE allows it to use up to 4Gbyte (even in client versions). Also the AWE API can be used in the client versions to access that extra 1-2Gbyte of memory if needed. (