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  • RE: How SQL uses Memory

    Ninja's_RGR'us (1/3/2012)


    Yes, read the book!

    She's not lazy, it's not something she can answer in 2 words.

    Just to put things in perspective, the chapter that I'm referring you to is 28...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: How SQL uses Memory

    Duran (1/3/2012)


    Do you have any advice in this area?

    Yes. Set a sensible max server memory. What's sensible, well, that depends on the OS, the amount of memory in the server...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: log backups not clearing transaction log - no open transactions found

    hkamal.infoedge (1/3/2012)


    Switch the full recovery mode to simple recovery mode and then switch back to full mode and take the full back up.

    No, no, no, no, no!

    And on a day...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: How SQL uses Memory

    Duran (1/3/2012)


    Firstly, a big thank you to everyone that has replied. I have 3 64bit servers, two of those servers have a 2 to 3 instances on them and are...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: How SQL uses Memory

    Dev (1/3/2012)


    PS. OS consumes 2 GB of RAM.

    Err, no.

    2GB is the default size of the kernel portion of VAS on 32-bit servers, not the amount of memory that...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: SSIS Table Difference Warning

    Please don't cross post. It just wastes peoples time and fragments replies.

    No replies to this thread please. Direct replies to: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1229298-364-1.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Back-up strategy

    kapfundestanley (1/3/2012)


    What would you recommend as the ideal back-up strategy for SQL Server?

    There's no one answer to that. It depends on the size of the DB, your backup windows, your...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: How SQL uses Memory

    Dev (1/3/2012)


    SQL Server will consume the memory specified in MIN memory configuration at start up.

    No, it does not. Min server memory is that value that once allocated SQL...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: How SQL uses Memory

    Duran (1/3/2012)


    I have a quick question regarding how SQL Server 2008 uses memory. If a server has 64gb of memory and for arguments sake the OS takes 10GB of that,...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: How SQL uses Memory

    johnitech.itech (1/3/2012)


    :hehe:

    Optimize SQL Server 2000, 2005 or 2008 in Large RAM System by Locking Pages in Memory and AWE

    AWE is useless on 64-bit SQL

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Need Details for Database Table partition in Sql server 2005 And 2008 Developer/Enterprise edition

    yo_jain (1/3/2012)


    Hi,

    Is that correct that Table Partitioning will be available in Sql server Developer and Enterprise Edition only ?

    Yup. Enterprise only

    Can you guide me by providing some step by step...

    Gail Shaw
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  • RE: Lock Pages in Memory

    okbangas (1/3/2012)


    Personally, I've never had any problems with having lock pages in memory configured

    I've had a server crash (and it was a mission critical, etc) because locked pages was enabled...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Lock Pages in Memory

    Dev (1/3/2012)


    The problem I see here is, there are two groups of MVPs supporting different opinions (On/Off).

    Nothing wrong with that. If everyone was a robot parroting the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Lock Pages in Memory

    MysteryJimbo (1/3/2012)


    Personally, I like to have it enabled as I've previously been stung in the past

    Likewise, but it's not an automatic decision.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Check Expiry date of MSSQL2008

    The eval version is 180 days, so look at the date of the setup logs (which will be the date of installation) and calculate 180 days from there.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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