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david32
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Posted - 2008-08-13 : 21:47:28
I have 13 instances (most aren't used yet but planning to) on a 64 bit XEON (8 CPU) machine with 16 GB. Presently the %Committed Bytes in Use is exceeding 80% and the PF usage is 14 GB. I have turned off all the instances except the one that are being used - 5. The avialable memory is 100%, Disk Time is 0

The target server and total server memory (for one point of time) are as follows

Target Server Memory Total Server Memory
instance1 110592 4552224
instance2 4552224 2913792
instance3 6928840 5296640
instance4 4936736 3298304

Why are these so high + committed bytes when all other indicators are low (disk and avialable memory)? Does it have something to do with minimum and maximum memory on server?

How can I go about determining if I need more memory or just a config tweak?

thanks



rmiao
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Posted - 2008-08-13 : 23:49:39
How come Total Server Memory is bigger than Target Server Memory for instance1?
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david32
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Posted - 2008-08-14 : 01:27:25
sorry instance 1 is:
Target Total
1661216 110592


I noticed over the last few hours the values have been increasing
for target.. does that mean anything?
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rmiao
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Posted - 2008-08-14 : 23:57:07
You can look at perfmon memory counters for each instance, and get memory usage report in ssms for each instance. Put 13 instances on one server sounds too much to me.
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