Re: Slower MS SQL server

Mitch Wagers ( mwagers@ocsnet.net )
Mon, 08 Dec 1997 02:36:42 -0800

NT uses a pagefile no matter how much RAM you have...
How much traffic goes across the SQL? Users, etc...

At 11:29 AM 12/8/97 +0100, you wrote:
>Hmmm.. okay.. the machine is rebooting... but seems wired since my
>server isn't evewn using all the ram.
>
>What about the memory allocated to the SQL server.. how much sould that
>be?
>
>Thomas
>
>Mitch Wagers wrote:
>>
>> ARgh...your pagefile needs to be 30-45% MORE than your RAM amount on
>> anything over 96mb. Anything under 96mb needs to be 20-30% more.
>> So, set your pagefile to 160mb, maximum to 280mb, then reboot. This is most
>> likely your problem, a pagefile smaller than your RAM amount creates
>> excessive swapping.
>>
>> At 10:31 AM 12/8/97 +0100, you wrote:
>> >SQL server assigned 48 MB right now.. if we add more it slows down the
>> >machine.
>> >
>> >The pagefile is 75MB inital upto 128 MB.
>> >
>> >Thomas
>> >
>> >Dale E. Reed Jr. wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Thomas Kernen wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> > since we upgraded our HP PPro 200 Mhz MS SQL server from 64 to 128 MB
>> >> > RAM and assigned the extra ram to the SQL server the response time seems
>> >> > slower. Any ideas why?
>> >>
>> >> But how much ram did you assign? Assigning too much can cause
>> >> excessive paging.
>> >>
>> >> Also notice that some intel machines has memory issues where they
>> >> can actually slow down after 64mb of memory, although if I remember
>> >> right the PPro should fix that.
>> >>
>> >> Dale E. Reed Jr. (daler@iea.com)
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