[isapros] Re: MSDE Ram Rule of Thumb
- From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 10:15:18 -0500
Hi Amy,
I don't know if I can be correct, because I really don't know for sure
if MSDE releases memory to other processes that ask for it.
Tom
Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
Site: www.isaserver.org
Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/
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MVP -- ISA Firewalls
> -----Original Message-----
> From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amy Babinchak
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 9:09 AM
> To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isapros] Re: MSDE Ram Rule of Thumb
>
> You may be correct but because we have several instances of
> MSDE and an
> Exchange store running. That amounts to at least 4 services all using
> all available ram and saying that they'll play nice with others. In
> practice it doesn't work so well. My solution has been to
> limit the MSDE
> instances and let Exchange run free.
>
> Currently I'm just playing by ear with the MSDE limits. I'd
> really like
> to have something empirical to set the MSDE limit to.
>
> Amy
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Thomas W Shinder
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 1:14 AM
> To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isapros] Re: MSDE Ram Rule of Thumb
>
> This is a good question, because my impression is that MSDE uses only
> the memory that is available and iff another service requires the
> memory, then it releases it. I know that this isn't an issue
> in a proper
> deployment of the ISA firewall. But the SBS deployment would be an
> interesting academic exercise.
>
> Tom
>
> Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
> Site: www.isaserver.org
> Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/
> Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7
> MVP -- ISA Firewalls
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Harrison
> > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 10:45 PM
> > To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [isapros] Re: MSDE Ram Rule of Thumb
> >
> > Good q - but does Joe SBS-er understand how to determine
> req/minute?
> > It doesn't do much good to base the determination on a metric
> > they can't find easily.
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > Jim Harrison
> > MCP(NT4, W2K), A+, Network+, PCG
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> > Read the help / books / articles!
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> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amy Babinchak
> > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 16:57
> > To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [isapros] MSDE Ram Rule of Thumb
> >
> > In the SBS world when we switch to MSDE logging in ISA, the
> > MSDE service can end up taking all available ram unless we go
> > in and tell it otherwise. Is there a rule of thumb for
> > setting the ram on the MSDE instance for ISA? Something like
> > X requests per minute = X mb ram?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Amy
> >
> > All mail to and from this domain is GFI-scanned.
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