Re: Benchmark for different edition SQL 2000

From: Andrew J. Kelly (sqlmvpnoooospam_at_shadhawk.com)
Date: 05/19/04


Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 08:47:59 -0400

As Tibor points out that is normal behavior and will be the same for both
Std and EE.

-- 
Andrew J. Kelly  SQL MVP
"Wanchun" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DF073FD2-4A17-4122-BCEC-E9FB5E5AF5EF@microsoft.com...
> Tibor,
>     My concern is how to prevent the SQL server that increase the memory
usage continuously? Or We need to reboot the machine periodically? Please
advise.
>
> Wanchun
>
>      ----- Tibor Karaszi wrote: -----
>
>      Enterprise edition has some distinct features that SE doesn't. You
find them at:
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/architec/8_ar_ts_1cdv.asp
>
>      As for memory, please read below:
>
>      INF: SQL Server Memory Usage
>      http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q321363
>
>      http://www.mssqlserver.com/faq/troubleshooting-memoryleak.asp
>
>      -- 
>      Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
>      http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
>      http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
>
>
>      "Wanchun" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>      news:36E3DDB7-B674-4AFA-8A7C-3B7C1A336E3E@microsoft.com...
>      > Andrew,
>      >> That mean from our requirement, standard edition is enough for us?
>      > Also, the memory arrangement is the same between standard and
enterprise? I am testing with standard
>      edition, the memory continue to grow from 10M to 110M after I
inserted 3000 records. After I re-boot the
>      machine, the memory back to 10M...... Is it I need to re-boot the
machine every week to prevent the memory to
>      grow?? Or enterprise edition can handle it better?
>      >> Any other Enterprise features that better than Standard?
>      >> Thanks
>      >>>>>>      ----- Andrew J. Kelly wrote: -----
>      >>      No edition is any more or less stable than any others.  It is
mainly
>      >      features and capacity.  Standard edition will do just fine for
your needs.
>      >>      -- 
>      >      Andrew J. Kelly  SQL MVP
>      >>>      "Wanchun" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>      >      news:8E5E6311-B5DF-4D1E-9797-92DD6413C57C@microsoft.com...
>      >> Hari,
>      >>> Thanks for your advice. However, I have read the page before and
without
>      >      any idea. The point of availability is confused me. In fact,
the standard
>      >      edition and enterprise edition is no different except?
>      >>> --Scalability ( useless to us because we only have 1 CPU machine
with
>      >      512MRAM)
>      >> --Availability/uptime (useless to us because we don't have a
standby or
>      >      cluster machine)
>      >> --Performance (Time is not so critical because we are just using
the 6.5
>      >      version now with no complain)
>      >> --Advanced analysis ( Analysis is not so critical because we are
just
>      >      using the 6.5 version now with no complain)
>      >>> I just concern, is it enterprise edition is more stable? or
standard
>      >      edition is easy to down?
>      >>> Wanchun
>      >>>>      ----- Hari Prasad wrote: -----
>      >>>      Hi,
>      >>>      Based on your configurations and settings I will recommend
you to go
>      >      for SQL
>      >>      Server standard edition.
>      >>>      Have a look into the below link in choosing the edition of
sql
>      >      server:-
>      >>>
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/planning/SQLReskChooseEd.asp
>      >>>      Thanks
>      >>      Hari
>      >>      MCDBA
>      >>>>>      "Wanchun" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>      >>      news:08540023-9C99-4569-9A26-F765151912A2@microsoft.com...
>      >>> We want to select the edition between standard and enterprise.
Our
>      >      usage:
>      >>> 1) 10 users/application connect to the server at the same time
>      >>> 2) 5000 row insert per day
>      >>> 3) Our machine is only 1CPU 2.6GHz and 512 MB RAM with window
2000
>      >      server
>      >>> 4) One database will be installed
>      >>> 5) The size of the database around 10GB
>      >>>> Because we want to replace the existing SQL6.5 with 400MHz
256MRAM
>      >>      database server.
>      >>> Please advise. Thanks
>      >>>>


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