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Hariarul
Posting Yak Master

160 Posts

Posted - 2007-06-22 : 05:44:48
Hi all,

We have our SQL Server 2005 installed in a server with
below specifications.

MS Windows Server 2003 R2
Standard x64 Edition
Service Pack 2

Intel(R)Xeon(R)CPU
5160 @ 3.00GHz
3.00 GHz, 8.00 GB of RAM

The issue is ,

When a query window is opened and a procedure is executed or
a DBCC command is run, the PF usage keeps on increasing and reaches
the maximum 8.81 GB and remains there forever even if the query
is stopped and the session is closed.

The CPU usage also shoots up and stays between 90 - 100 %.

Now, it is not possible to open a new query or do any operation
in the SQL server. Timeout Expired error is thrown.

My questions are ,

1. Is that good for the SQL server to occupy the total RAM ?

2. Is the performance related to the RAM space occupied by SQL server ?

3. What should we do in order free the PF usage after the a process is complete ?

4. Have anyone faced similar scenario ? Any solutions ?

Thanks for your time & any help should be apprecitated.

HariArul

nr
SQLTeam MVY

12543 Posts

Posted - 2007-06-22 : 06:07:34
What have you set the max memory available to sql server to?
Sounds a like you might have allowed it to use all the memory leaving nothing for os (or at least not enough).


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Hariarul
Posting Yak Master

160 Posts

Posted - 2007-06-22 : 06:14:29
It has the default value.
The option Maximum Server memory is set to 2147483647 MB.
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Hariarul
Posting Yak Master

160 Posts

Posted - 2007-06-22 : 06:30:59
Is there any ideal value that should be set to the Maximum server memory ? Even if the default value is set , will this not come down when the processes are closed ?
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rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7266 Posts

Posted - 2007-06-22 : 15:43:45
What's total db size? May need more memory on the server.
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Hariarul
Posting Yak Master

160 Posts

Posted - 2007-06-23 : 02:36:40
The database size is nearly 130 GB.
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rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7266 Posts

Posted - 2007-06-23 : 22:23:53
Did you check query execution plan? Any blocking on the server?
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