Microsoft KB Archive/254503

= The filter daemon stops before completely filtering all documents =

Article ID: 254503

Article Last Modified on 7/23/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition

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This article was previously published under Q254503



SYMPTOMS
When you catalog documents using Site Server Search, the filter daemon (Fltrdmn.exe) may stop prior to completely filtering all documents.



CAUSE
If the filter daemon consumes more memory than indicated by HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Siteserver\3.0\Search\Gathering Manager\Filterprocessmemoryquota registry key, then the gatherer process stops the filter process. The default value of this registry key is 25 MB, which should be sufficient to filter any normal document.

This is by design.



RESOLUTION
The long term resolution for this problem is to trace the problem to a specific file, which may be corrupted, and then remove the file, or if the problem is caused by a memory leak in a particular filter, contact the provider of the file filter for an update or fix.



WORKAROUND
Increase the value of the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\siteserver\3.0\search\gatheringmanager\filterprocessmemoryquota

Note The value is in bytes.



MORE INFORMATION
Usually this problem is caused by corrupted files or a memory leak in the filter used for the file. This causes the filter process to use a large amount of memory which could, if not stopped by the gather service, use all available memory on the computer.

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