Memory utilization

  • Hi All,

    Which counters give the exact utilization of memory for SQL Servers ? I believe Total Server Memory(SQL Server consuming memory) and Total Target Memory(SQL Server willing to consume memory) are the counters which give the utilization of memory. Are there any others counters which help in analyzing memory utilization for SQL Server?

    Thanks in advance.

  • Don't be surprised when those values constantly read almost exactly the same. Some counters that are going to change that will show you how things are behaving would include:

    memory:pages/sec, page faults/sec

    sqlserver:buffer manager:page life expectancy, checkpoint pages/sec, lay writes/sec

    sqlserver:memory manager: memory grants pending

    That set will tell you more about what's happening than the two you listed.

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