Re: Memory Bloat

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From: Nicholas Corduan (NcCorduan_at_tayloru.edu)
Date: 02/06/04 

Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 08:43:49 -0500

We are experiencing performance problems (longer than usual
transaction delays between mailboxes on the same Exchange server, for
instance), and so one of the places I was looking was at memory usage,
and was concerned as I monitorered it to see the store keep growing so
large.

If it's normal, however, I can assume it's not what is causing changes
in behaviour.

NickC---

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 21:23:27 -0500, "Michael Palermiti [MSFT]"
<michaelp@online.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Keep in mind, the default cache size of the Store is 858MB. So when you are
>checking Windows Task Manager, don't be surprised to see the Store's memory
>usage at least ~900MB or larger (depending on how long the process has been
>running and how much memory is available).
>
>Are you experiencing a performance problem, or just concerned that the
>memory usage is too high?
>
>---------------------------------
>Michael Palermiti
>Enterprise Messaging Support
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>© 2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
>
>
>
>"Scott Harding - MS MVP" <scrockel@**NO_SPAM**hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:OLXTYuC7DHA.712@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> It should level out somewhere but it will basically use all available RAM.
>> This cannot be set like it can with SQL. If you reboot it will release
>until
>> users start connecting again. I would watch it to get some sort of
>baseline.
>> As far as I know Exchange 2k does not have any memory leak issues.
>>
>> --
>> Scott Harding
>> MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server
>>
>> "Nicholas Corduan" <NcCorduan@tayloru.edu> wrote in message
>> news:oq95205mqeqden4hdovckhnpveemd5dbo4@4ax.com...
>> > It it normal for the Exchange 2000 Information Store to steadily
>> > increase the amount of memory it's taking up? Since the last reboot,
>> > three days ago, the memory usage has climbed steadily up to 880 MB for
>> > just the store. (As seen in task manager.) That understably impacts
>> > performance greatly.
>> >
>> > Is that normal? Is there a way to help curb that growth? Or is it an
>> > indication of a problem?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > NickC---
>>
>>
>

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