I could set it a lot higher, but what would that help? I have 256mb, planning to upgrade to 512 physical, and we've only got about 35 mailboxes (I would consider everyone a "heavy user" though).
Thanks -Warren > > Ok why's the virtual total set so low? Do you have more disk > space? Why > not set it at a gig or so? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Warren Cundy > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:58 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: IS Crashing, HELP > > > Hi All, > > I'm hoping you can help me. This is what happens: > > We're running Exch 5.5 Sp4 on NT4 Sp6. > > I re-boot the server (or restart Exchange services). The > server begins > to chew up memory gradually (pretty normal for Exchange). It goes > beyond the physical ram on the machine (256) but doesn't hit > the virtual > total (512), usually ends up somewhere in between (much higher than > normal for daily use in our system). It goes on like this > for about 90 > minutes. > > Then the STORE.EXE process goes to 50% CPU utilization (much > higher than > normal for daily use around here). Outlook clients stop responding, > much panic ensues. > > Now I can stop/start the Exchange services and the problem > clears up (at > least temporarily). However it takes a long time for the IS to shut > down.. watching task manager, it gradually gives up all of > the memory it > has used and then restarts. It seems very slow (takes 5-6 > mins to give > up ~200mb of ram). > > Currently it seems to be running ok, store.exe is taking up a lot of > ram, but looking at the "mem delta" counter, its both using it and > giving it back (normal Exchange behavior). This is after 3 restarts > following the scenario above, which also happened earlier last week. > > So, my questions are: > > - can anyone help me find out what is going on? > - what kinds of tools or methods are people using to diagnose this > stuff? > > I'm at about the stage of re-applying Sp6 for NT, Sp4 for Exchange, or > both, just to see if that will help. > > Thanks for any help. > > -Warren > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
