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SQL Server error: messages are appearing when the working set of SQL Server 2005 process reaches 50 percent of the memory that is committed to the process.

Published 7 March 8 4:54 AM | SSQA.net

Have you seen the above message within the SQL Server error logs? If not then no need to worry and make sure to continue your performance monitoring tasks. So when to be concerned! It is evident that SQL Server 2005 component handles memory differently...

Filed under: sql server, performance, memory, dmv, windows, 2000, 2005, awe, 64 bit, monitoring, worker threads, paging out, buffers, verison

SQL Server 2005 TSQL to obtain buffers by object (table, index) in the buffer cache?

Published 1 February 8 6:30 AM | SSQA.net

As a programmer interacting with SQL Server's cache is not often needed, but when you do need to determine what is going on with the cache, or you simply need to flush the execution plans or data pages to tune a query, you now have the means to do...

Filed under: sql server, indexes, memory, dmv, cache, buffer, table, tsql, configuration

TSQL to get a quick information on detailed distribution of memory allocated

Published 10 January 8 3:4 PM | SSQA.net

By design the components that are aware of the SQL Server memory management mechanisms use the buffer pool for small memory allocations. If the allocation is bigger than 8 KB, these components use memory outside of the buffer pool through the multi-page...

Filed under: sql server, management, memory, dmv, tsql, allocated, distribution, memory_clerk

sys.dm_os_schedulers - useful to find on whether your SQL Server engine is weakening!

Published 17 August 7 8:4 AM | SSQA.net

The system DMV sys.dm_os_schedulers is an useful DMV to find such as running tasks & active workers threads etc. This is required to monitor the system state is heavily loaded or not, in particular this view will help you identify if there is any...

Filed under: sql server, performance, memory, analysis, ssms, dmv, cpu, disks

Why query execution timeout happens and find queries that have granted memory or waiting on memory?

Published 23 July 7 4:44 AM | SSQA.net

Have you ever identified the reasons for why and how does a query execution timeout happens within your SQL Server environment. For the beginners I would like to explain that b efore executing a query, SQL Server estimates how much memory it needs to...

Filed under: sql server, performance, memory, dmv, query, notification, execution plan, bad, long running

Handling and troubleshooting memory issues in a SQL Server 2005 instance

Published 19 June 7 4:29 AM | SSQA.net

We had a major issue on one of the SQL Server instance with the memory and getting following error message intermittenlty: [DBNETLIB][ConnectionOpen (PreLoginHandshake()).]General network error. Check your network documentation. Eventually I was able...

Filed under: sql server, performance, memory, dmv, usage, troubleshoot

How to find dirty buffer pages and clear them - SQL Server

Published 21 May 7 10:22 AM | SSQA.net

Dirty buffer pages are nothing but consuming more memory for even smaller queries on the SQL Server. By default the DBA shouldn't worry about these dirty pages in the buffer pool as they are taken care by the system using Write Ahead Logging ( WAL...

Filed under: sql server, memory, databases, blocking, dmv, buffer, dirty