This is not a security issue per se however it is a problem we are having.

We use an HP 6000R with 6 800 MHz processors and 4 GB of RAM, running Win2K Advanced Server to run one of our core application servers. The server runs a SQL database. What we would like to do is limit the amount of RAM windows uses. What is occuring is that windows, when given the extra RAM (it was increased from 2-4 GB), just starts using more and more. We want to free up more for the Sybase database but it is being stopped at 1.5 GB. I did a google search for this and didn't find anything. I have also tried looking through my own win2k to find a solution.

The application is not written to run on *nix or any other system so switching OS's is not an option (unfortunately).

Any help would be appreciated.