Microsoft SQL Server Scalability Project White Paper 1 ...

The /3GB switch, in boot.ini, is used to change the size of virtual memory of processes. /PAE is used in boot.ini to allow OS to use more than 4 GB memory. The maximum option in boot.ini is set to the appropriate size for the test purpose. AWE is enabled in conjunction with the /PAE boot.ini setting for AWE testing in single instance tests. ................
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