High Virtual Memory Utilisation
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-->Monitor an instance of SQL Server periodically to confirm that memory usage is within typical ranges.
To monitor for a low-memory condition, use the following object counters:
Memory: Available Bytes
Memory: Pages/sec
The Available Bytes counter indicates how many bytes of memory are currently available for use by processes. The Pages/sec counter indicates the number of pages that either were retrieved from disk due to hard page faults or written to disk to free space in the working set due to page faults.
Low values for the Available Bytes counter can indicate that there is an overall shortage of memory on the computer or that an application is not releasing memory. A high rate for the Pages/sec counter could indicate excessive paging. Monitor the Memory: Page Faults/sec counter to make sure that the disk activity is not caused by paging.
A low rate of paging (and hence page faults) is typical, even if the computer has plenty of available memory. The Microsoft Windows Virtual Memory Manager (VMM) takes pages from SQL Server and other processes as it trims the working-set sizes of those processes. This VMM activity tends to cause page faults. To determine whether SQL Server or another process is the cause of excessive paging, monitor the Process: Page Faults/sec counter for the SQL Server process instance.
For more information about resolving excessive paging, see the Windows operating system documentation.
Isolating Memory Used by SQL Server
By default, SQL Server changes its memory requirements dynamically, on the basis of available system resources. If SQL Server needs more memory, it queries the operating system to determine whether free physical memory is available and uses the available memory. If SQL Server does not need the memory currently allocated to it, it releases the memory to the operating system. However, you can override the option to dynamically use memory by using the minservermemory, and maxservermemory server configuration options. For more information, see Server Memory Options.
To monitor the amount of memory that SQL Server uses, examine the following performance counters:
Process: Working Set
SQL Server: Buffer Manager: Buffer Cache Hit Ratio
SQL Server: Buffer Manager: Database Pages
SQL Server: Memory Manager: Total Server Memory (KB)
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The WorkingSet counter shows the amount of memory that is used by a process. If this number is consistently below the amount of memory that is set by the min server memory and max server memory server options, SQL Server is configured to use too much memory.
The Buffer Cache Hit Ratio counter is specific to an application. However, a rate of 90 percent or higher is desirable. Add more memory until the value is consistently greater than 90 percent. A value greater than 90 percent indicates that more than 90 percent of all requests for data were satisfied from the data cache.
If the TotalServerMemory (KB) counter is consistently high compared to the amount of physical memory in the computer, it may indicate that more memory is required.
Determining Current Memory Allocation
The following query returns information about currently allocated memory.
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Virtual Memory
Virtual memory is a function provided by many operating systems where the operating system creates a virtual memory space that applications can access as if it were a single piece of contiguous memory. This virtual memory space can be a combination of actual physical memory as well as disk-based resources in concert. Most operating systems have a method to configure their virtual memory and, in this context, they’re typically referring to the amount of disk space to allocate for virtual memory use.
Disk-based virtual memory tends to be slower than true hardware-based memory, but that’s acceptable under many circumstances. If the majority of an application needs to be stored in memory but isn’t used frequently, this portion could be moved to virtual memory leaving the faster hardware-based resources available to data which needs to be read from or written to often. With the increased utilization of solid-state drives (SSDs), virtual memory is getting faster if the disk-based virtual memory is on a drive of this type. It still doesn’t match the speed of hardware-based memory, but it is much faster than traditional disk-based resources that utilize magnetic platters instead of flash memory.
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