Comments on: Server 2003 memory performance configuration http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/server-2003-memory-performance-configuration/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:38:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Troy Tate http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/server-2003-memory-performance-configuration/#comment-60176 Troy Tate Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:14:47 +0000 #comment-60176 Will adding memory above 4GB to a 32-bit machine really help? We were not planning on moving the servers to 64-bit architecture. Since it is an n-tier architecture, I am thinking that there could be problems at several points along the path creating the slow performance being reported by users. I am looking along the entire processing path and questioning items that seem out of place to be sure the configuration is as robust as possible. I am looking at some perfmon stats today that I have captured over the past few days on most of the servers to see if that will shed any light on resource problems. Any tips on looking at memory or processor utilization? I totally understand the network side of things and I am not seeing a network issue here. The traffic volume is low. There are no errors on the interfaces. There are not packet retransmits. I appreciate any guidance on the server side of things. Thanks for your time! Will adding memory above 4GB to a 32-bit machine really help? We were not planning on moving the servers to 64-bit architecture.

Since it is an n-tier architecture, I am thinking that there could be problems at several points along the path creating the slow performance being reported by users. I am looking along the entire processing path and questioning items that seem out of place to be sure the configuration is as robust as possible.

I am looking at some perfmon stats today that I have captured over the past few days on most of the servers to see if that will shed any light on resource problems. Any tips on looking at memory or processor utilization? I totally understand the network side of things and I am not seeing a network issue here. The traffic volume is low. There are no errors on the interfaces. There are not packet retransmits. I appreciate any guidance on the server side of things.

Thanks for your time!

]]> By: Troy Tate http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/server-2003-memory-performance-configuration/#comment-60140 Troy Tate Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:37:10 +0000 #comment-60140 Forgot the memory configuration in the question. Sorry for any confusion. Is it an issue when there is a discrepancy between the current allocation and the system recommended page file settings? Should the page file size be "hard set"? Each server is running Windows Server 2003 Server1 - SQL Page file: system managed, current allocation: 3.5GB, system recommended: 5GB installed RAM: 4GB Server2 - WEB Page file: system managed, current allocation: 14.3GB, system recommended: 5GB installed RAM: 4GB Server3 - terminal server1 Page file: system managed, current allocation: 4GB, system recommended: 3GB installed RAM: 2GB Server4 - terminal server2 Page file: system managed, current allocation: 4GB, system recommended: 6GB installed RAM: 4GB Server5 - terminal server3 Page file: system managed, current allocation: 10.7GB, system recommended: 5GB installed RAM: 4GB Server6 - terminal server4 Page file: system managed, current allocation: 16.1GB, system recommended: 6GB installed RAM: 4GB Server7 - data capture server Page file: system managed, current allocation: 8GB, system recommended: 6GB installed RAM: 4GB Forgot the memory configuration in the question. Sorry for any confusion.

Is it an issue when there is a discrepancy between the current allocation and the system recommended page file settings? Should the page file size be “hard set”?

Each server is running Windows Server 2003

Server1 - SQL
Page file: system managed, current allocation: 3.5GB, system recommended: 5GB
installed RAM: 4GB

Server2 - WEB
Page file: system managed, current allocation: 14.3GB, system recommended: 5GB
installed RAM: 4GB

Server3 - terminal server1
Page file: system managed, current allocation: 4GB, system recommended: 3GB
installed RAM: 2GB

Server4 - terminal server2
Page file: system managed, current allocation: 4GB, system recommended: 6GB
installed RAM: 4GB

Server5 - terminal server3
Page file: system managed, current allocation: 10.7GB, system recommended: 5GB
installed RAM: 4GB

Server6 - terminal server4
Page file: system managed, current allocation: 16.1GB, system recommended: 6GB
installed RAM: 4GB

Server7 - data capture server
Page file: system managed, current allocation: 8GB, system recommended: 6GB
installed RAM: 4GB

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