InstantForum.NET v2.9.0SQLServerCentralhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/notifications@sqlservercentral.comTue, 21 May 2013 20:06:40 GMT20http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1422734-1550-1.aspxI just disabled it in dev and qa and restarted the sql server service and it will be disabled in production before the next scheduled maintenance that requires a service restart. Thanks for the feedback.Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:15:46 GMTopc.threehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1422734-1550-1.aspxI recommend you turn it off. On a server with nothing other than SQL it will provide no benefit as there's nothing to boost SQL's priority over and you run the small risk that with the higher priority SQL could take precedence over the OS and cause problems.Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:59:18 GMTGilaMonsterhttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1422734-1550-1.aspxHi,I've inherited priority boost a number of times (im a consultant) and every time the DBA/Techie that turned that option on did it without knowing what it does. "It sounded like a great feature".So far i've blindly followed Microsoft (and everyone else) instructions and just turned it off. Have not measured any impact afterwards.Never had a problem when turning it off (SQL 2005, SQL 2008 and 2008 R2).Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:06:38 GMTraadeehttp://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1422734-1550-1.aspxI just ran across an instance with the [i]priority boost[/i] server option enabled. The [u][url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms180943(v=sql.105).aspx]Books Online article for the server option[/url][/u] clearly states that they would prefer no one enable this option. Similarly there are many independent resources online recommending the same, one even showing a way to potentially crash the server by issuing a specific type of query that may require an overly high amount of CPU cycles. That said, the option is already enabled and the server has been otherwise free from issues directly attributable to this option being enabled (that I know of) since at least May. I was curious if anyone would be willing to share their experience using this option, or possibly having inherited an instance that had it enabled and then disabled it. Thanks.Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:39:55 GMTopc.three