Re: Store.exe consumes too much RAM

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From: Scott Harding - MS MVP (scrockel_at_**NO_SPAM**hotmail.com)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 11:41:59 -0700

How much do you have in the system? I believe Exchange is hard coded at
800mb if I remember correctly!?!? 

-- 
Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server
"PCS" <mazzoni@proconsys.com> wrote in message
news:oefk305jcmc4692c7l9l3am72ekqid665g@4ax.com...
> Several threads in this newsgroup describe problems users are having
> with the designed behavior of the Exchange 2000 Server Information
> Store taking large amounts of RAM.  The Microsoft response is that
> that's the way it's designed, and it isn't a usually a problem because
> memory can be reclaimed from store.exe as needed.   It is also stated
> that this isn't a problem unless the system becomes sluggish, etc.
>
> Well, my system experiences the seemingly unlimited consumption of RAM
> by store.exe, and it always becomes sluggish.  I'm not getting any
> Event Log "out of memory" errors, but the system becomes practically
> unuseable.  Store.exe hangs on to its RAM until I run a memory
> optimizer program (MemMAX).
>
> The Microsoft responses seem to dance around what to do if store.exe's
> RAM consumption causes a problem.
>
> So, here's the direct question, "what do I do if the designed behavior
> of store.exe with respect to memory usage becomes objectionable?"
>
> Thanks

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