how to configure SQL Server 7.x memory

Hi,
I am curious what the steps are to follow to configure the
SQL server memory settings please?
How do you tell what the current setting is?
We have 500 MB of RAM and an additional 500 MB of RAM was
added. How do you give more memory to SQL server?
In previous posts that I have scanned for memory in here,
what is awe?
Thanks,
Cynthia
(only temporarily assisting to optimize the SQL Server, as
I am not a SQL Server DBA..any help is appreciated).Until you reach 4GB of physical RAM, PAE and AWE are unnecessary settings.
Normally, SQL will adjust itself to take all memory and leave 8-10MB free.
This is good if the server is dedicated to SQL. If other applications run
on SQL, you may want to limit how much memory SQL uses. That can be a trial
and error process since the memory consumption depends on the behavior of
other applications.
So, if it is a dedicated SQL server, leave it alone. Once the OS sees the
memory, SQL will take advantage of it.
Geoff N. Hiten
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Senior Database Administrator
Careerbuilder.com
I support the Professional Association for SQL Server
www.sqlpass.org
"Cynthia" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I am curious what the steps are to follow to configure the
> SQL server memory settings please?
> How do you tell what the current setting is?
> We have 500 MB of RAM and an additional 500 MB of RAM was
> added. How do you give more memory to SQL server?
> In previous posts that I have scanned for memory in here,
> what is awe?
> Thanks,
> Cynthia
> (only temporarily assisting to optimize the SQL Server, as
> I am not a SQL Server DBA..any help is appreciated).
>|||Geoff,
Thank you for the quick response. Does this mean you do
not have to run sp_configure "Memory" (similar command as
in sybase) to fix a set amt of memory if it is less than 4
gb in size?
Thanks
Cynthia
>--Original Message--
>Until you reach 4GB of physical RAM, PAE and AWE are
unnecessary settings.
>Normally, SQL will adjust itself to take all memory and
leave 8-10MB free.
>This is good if the server is dedicated to SQL. If other
applications run
>on SQL, you may want to limit how much memory SQL uses.
That can be a trial
>and error process since the memory consumption depends on
the behavior of
>other applications.
>So, if it is a dedicated SQL server, leave it alone.
Once the OS sees the
>memory, SQL will take advantage of it.
>--
>Geoff N. Hiten
>Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>Senior Database Administrator
>Careerbuilder.com
>I support the Professional Association for SQL Server
>www.sqlpass.org
>"Cynthia" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>|||Actually, there are commands to set min and max server memory. These are
for two circumstances, 1) there is more than 4GB of physical RAM in the box.
2) If you want/need to manage memory yourself. If neither apply and you
want SQL to take care of memory management, just leave it alone.
Geoff N. Hiten
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Senior Database Administrator
Careerbuilder.com
I support the Professional Association for SQL Server
www.sqlpass.org
<anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Geoff,
> Thank you for the quick response. Does this mean you do
> not have to run sp_configure "Memory" (similar command as
> in sybase) to fix a set amt of memory if it is less than 4
> gb in size?
> Thanks
> Cynthia
> unnecessary settings.
> leave 8-10MB free.
> applications run
> That can be a trial
> the behavior of
> Once the OS sees the
> message
> the
> was
> here,
> as