InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comWed, 19 Jun 2013 09:32:28 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1404149-1550-1.aspxHey Gila,Cant believe you've taken the time to help me yet again :Wow: 4GB is what I had in mind, so I think I'll implement it now and see how it runs :-) Thanks again for all your help everyone. Have a nice day.Regards,CraigTue, 08 Jan 2013 05:34:48 GMTcraig.dixonhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1404149-1550-1.aspxHi Vegard,Thanks for the advice :-), I just didn't want to start implementing new settings without asking if the information was correct.CraigTue, 08 Jan 2013 05:30:31 GMTcraig.dixonhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1404149-1550-1.aspxSet max server memory, unless you like SQL being able to starve the OS and sitting in a near-constant grow memory, release memory cycle.At 5 GB of memory total, you probably want SQL's max server memory no higher than 4GB to give the OS enough space.Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:13:10 GMTGilaMonsterhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1404149-1550-1.aspxSound advice from Glenn Berry and I'm not aware of any good reasons not to follow it.Restricting SQL Server's memory use may hurt performance in some cases, but allowing it to "strangle" the OS and get into fights with Windows will hurt worse and can cause far more serious problems. So, basically, if you think your suggested max memory setting is too low for your SQL Server, you should set it anyway and then order more memory. :-)Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:12:31 GMTVegard Hagenhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1404149-1550-1.aspxHey Everyone :-),I wanted to try setting the max memory usage on my test environment as currently sqlservr.exe is using 4317MB of the 5000MB. I just was hoping someone could give me some quick advice. Firstly I had looked at a few articles and blogs myself and I was wondering if anyone had a reason I shouldn't follow Glenn Berry's advice in this blog (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/glennberry/2009/10/29/suggested-max-memory-settings-for-sql-server-2005_2F00_2008/).I was also wondering if I should change it at all? If sqlservr.exe is using that amount of memory would I be putting significant strain on it by setting the max memory usage? Thanks in advance everyone, and I hope your all having a nice day :-)CraigTue, 08 Jan 2013 04:38:07 GMTcraig.dixon