Microsoft SQL Server Memory with Address Windowing Extensions (AWE)

You can use the Microsoft SQL Server memory (with AWE) when running Microsoft SQL Server (32 bit) on Windows Server (32 bit).

This is helpful when your server has more than 4 GB of RAM and you want Microsoft SQL Server to be able to use that. For using Microsoft SQL Server with AWE, use the recommended values for Min and Max server memory for instance level settings.

For more information on Enabling AWE Memory for Microsoft SQL Server Memory, refer to the Microsoft Developer Network Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190673(SQL.90).aspx (Microsoft SQL Server 2005)
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190673%28v=sql.105%29.aspx (Microsoft SQL Server 2008)

This feature was removed in Microsoft SQL Server 2012. For more information, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2663912.