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kappa02
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65 Posts

Posted - 2004-11-23 : 10:49:47
In the past three weeks our SQL 2K Server(8.00.760) on windows 2003 will just hang & needs to be re-booted, in the Event Viewer the message :

“The driver for device \Device\Harddisk1\DR1 delayed non-paging Io requests for 0 ms to recover from a low memory condition."

Appears before the system hangs. Do I need to change the settings in sp_configure (Min Server Memory, Max Server Memory, etc) or dose the page file option needs to be adjusted (increase/decrease). Information on what is causing the event & how to prevent it is greatly appreciated.



tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2004-11-23 : 14:02:20
It sounds like you have a memory bottleneck. So you'll need to add memory to fix it.

Tara
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Docyit
Starting Member

1 Post

Posted - 2005-08-18 : 12:17:40
I found the solution to this condition.

Check you Performance settings. Make sure the Memory usage is set to Programs and NOT system cahce. Mine was system cache and when I ran Backup Exec Restores I would drop to 1.5K free and get the Event 119 errors. After changing the setting to give Programs preference I never dropped below 500K. Hope this helps someone else as the tracking on this problem was very thin.
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