{"id":107,"date":"2012-01-05T12:04:41","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T12:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sqlserverlearner.azurewebsites.net\/2012\/01\/05\/why-is-sql-server-consuming-lot-of-ram\/"},"modified":"2012-01-05T12:04:41","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T12:04:41","slug":"why-is-sql-server-consuming-lot-of-ram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sqlserverlearner.com\/2012\/01\/05\/why-is-sql-server-consuming-lot-of-ram\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is SQL Server consuming Lot of RAM"},"content":{"rendered":"
Why is SQL Server consuming Lot of RAM<\/strong><\/p>\n There could be multiple reasons why SQL Server is consuming lot of physical memory (RAM).<\/p>\n Following are the few that I would like to list out:<\/p>\n 1) Performance of the server could be bad as the queries that are hitting the sever are not optimal. 2) Maximum and Minimum server memory configuration is not set up properly. Following are the Steps to configure sql server memory allocation:<\/p>\n
\nYou can further fine tune such queries.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nYou can set up maximum server memory configuration so that it doesnt eat up whole of the RAM.<\/p>\n\n
\nIn the Server Properties window Select Memory.
\nNow check the values of
\nMinimum Server Memory(in MB)<\/strong> and Maximum Server Memory(in MB)<\/strong><\/p>\n