Re: Olap Services closes with "out of memory" error once in few days.

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I have experienced the same problems.

It seems that SQL 2K SP3a has a memory leak and doesn't release memory
after processing cubes.
I suggest you get the new SP4 for AS and the AWE HotFix.

Rukmani wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are running SQL 2K SP3a on a W2K3 machine. We use OLAP Services to
> create cubes and serve as Datamart. Once in a few days, OLAP services
> shutsdown or restarts by itself giving out "out of memory" error. Mostly it
> occurs while processing the cubes, but at times during the day as well. We
> have to restart Analysis services after which the cubes gets processed.
>
> I have run Perfmon. There is plenty of available memory. The error occurs
> when "virtual Bytes" of MSMDSRV.EXE becomes > 2G. We have enabled /3G
> switch, increased "memory threshold", and have also applied the hotfix
> Q887596.
>
> Perfmon shows the Virtual Bytes of MSMDSRV.EXE is ever increasing during
> online access. It shoots to maximum while cube processing, but drops down,
> though not to the previous level.
>
> Any solutions please ?
>
> Thanks,
> Rukmani

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