Home Forums SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2008 Administration Reasonable Max Memory Usage? RE: Reasonable Max Memory Usage?

  • January 8, 2013 at 5:13 am

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    Set 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.

    Gail Shaw
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