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Posting Yak Master

115 Posts

Posted - 2008-03-17 : 11:42:31
STUCK! I have a consistent PLE value of 0. The server has 8GB RAM, I/O-CPU counters under 30%, various DMV's results show the buffer and memory cache do not calculate up to it's AWE (32-bit) allocation 7.5GB, waits don't show any problems, no locks, no blocks.

There are improvements to indexes that have to be made but where can I identify the root cause to the low PLE? The same process runs x6 quicker on 2 other much lower spec SQL servers exact copies from a data prospective, however there PLE is very high and not production.

Any ideas?

rmiao
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7266 Posts

Posted - 2008-03-17 : 23:03:50
Depends on total db size on the server and how often users query different tables. By the way, sql can use up to 7gb memory in your case if you put /3gb in boot.ini file. If not, sql can only use up to 6gb memory.
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