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nickgreenery
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Posted - 2009-01-15 : 08:59:04
Currently we are seeing problems on a few SQL Servers we are running. Each has 8GB of RAM. We have allocated 7.5 to SQL Server and 512 to the OS. I cant help but wonder if we should allocate more to the OS. Is there any documentation on how much base memory the OS needs?

Thanks in advance!

visakh16
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52326 Posts

Posted - 2009-01-15 : 09:03:24
whats the OS used? Also you didnt specify what problem you're facing
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sodeep
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Posted - 2009-01-15 : 10:07:30
I would atleast assign 1GB for OS for 8GB box.
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