A previous post had this article attached. It's helped me with my 8MB setup
and has good advice for you, I think.

Paul

http://www.sql-server-performance.com/awe_memory.asp


"Eddie" <d.com24 (AT) t-online (DOT) de> wrote

Hello,
we have ms server 2003 enterprise with /pae, we have
sql2000 enterprise with awe=1, we have 16gb ram but the
server only takes 1,9 gb , db are nearly 9 gb, 4 cpu with
ht.we are lucky to have this server but what can we do to
use all the ram???
i tried the /3GB switch but the server won´t start with
that.
can anyone help us???
thanks alot, greetings eddie