Re: sqlservr using lots of memory

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From: David Copeland [MSFT] (davidcop_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/03/05


Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 23:24:21 -0600

Adam,

Are you using the following? If so, what error do you get?

osql -E -S servername\sbsmonitoring
> sp_configure 'show advanced options',1
> reconfigure with override
> go
> sp_configure 'max server memory', nnnn
> reconfigure with override
> go

where nnnn is the maximum amount of ram in mb's you want it to use..

-- 
Hope that helps,
David Copeland
Microsoft Small Business Server Support
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"Adam Butler" <adambutler100@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:emiWm9CCFHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Yep,
> Did your commands and:
> MSSQL$SBSMONITORING
>
> This seems to be the one eating memory.
>
> "David Copeland [MSFT]" <davidcop@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
> news:OBM4UlBCFHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Adam,
>>
>> Can you run the following command from a command prompt to find out the 
>> process id's to the different instances..
>>
>> tasklist /svc
>>
>> Then open up Task Manager, click on the Processes tab (note that you may 
>> need to click on the View/Select Columns option to make sure that the PID 
>> (process identifier) option is selected), the look for the different 
>> process id's to see which process id is using the memory.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>> David Copeland
>> Microsoft Small Business Server Support
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no 
>> rights.
>>
>> Newsgroups:
>> SBS v4.x : microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz
>> SBS 2000: microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000
>> SBS 2003: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
>>
>>
>> "Adam Butler" <adambutler100@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:uV9sBVBCFHA.2180@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Been running SBS 2003 for a year and a half now.
>>> All of a sudden my memory usage by sqlservr.exe has shot from 70 to over 
>>> 500 Mb.
>>>
>>> I have always had three instances of sqlservr running and at most I'd 
>>> see maybe 70 Mb on the highest one.  Now, I see over 500 Mb for the high 
>>> one and the other two are still normal at 38 and 19 Mb or so each.
>>>
>>> I read some old posts and they had a command to limit the memory usage 
>>> but I get an error and I assume it is from the fact that I'm running 
>>> Standard edition.
>>>
>>> Can I do anything to reduce the memory usage?
>>> I did reboot the server and it has helped but the usage is slowly 
>>> creeping back up over 100 Mb after only 24 hours.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> 


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