Comments on: SQL Server Memory Allocation & Role of MIN/MAX Server Memory Configuration https://techyaz.com/sql-server/sql-server-administration/sql-server-memory-allocation-min-max-server-memory-configuration/ Tips, Tutorials and How-to Topics Sun, 06 May 2018 09:55:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: Manvendra Deo Singh https://techyaz.com/sql-server/sql-server-administration/sql-server-memory-allocation-min-max-server-memory-configuration/#comment-115 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:56:12 +0000 http://techyaz.com/?p=313#comment-115 In reply to Marcellus.

Ideally if your database server is dedicated to only SQL Server then we should keep MIN & MAX memory same because If the same value is specified for both min server memory and max server memory, then once the memory allocated to the Database Engine reaches that value, the Database Engine stops dynamically freeing and acquiring memory for the buffer pool. Major applications like SAP suggests to keep MIN and MAX value same for SQL Server database server.

But if SQL Server is one of several server applications running on a single computer then you may need to control the amount of memory allocated to SQL Server by using the min server memory and max server memory options. Hope I answer your query. 🙂

]]> By: Marcellus https://techyaz.com/sql-server/sql-server-administration/sql-server-memory-allocation-min-max-server-memory-configuration/#comment-114 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:00:32 +0000 http://techyaz.com/?p=313#comment-114 Is it good or bad practice to set the Min/Max to the same value? Does this cause stress on the server itself? I currently have my servers set to use 12GB min/max of a total of 16GB on the server.

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