Microsoft KB Archive/318441

= SMS: SQL Server Processes SMS 2.0 Queries Very Slowly =

Article ID: 318441

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q318441



SYMPTOMS
Queries that are processed by a computer that is running Microsoft SQL Server may run very slowly. This problem has been noted by using Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 queries that are generated by SMS or third-party sources, but may be seen with any query that is running on SQL Server version 7.0 and later.



CAUSE
This behavior may occur if the SQL Server &quot;Minimum Query Memory&quot; setting is incorrectly configured. The default value is 1,024 kilobytes (KB). When this value is set to a very large value, SQL Server first tries to allocate the pre-set memory before it runs the query. This causes delays when SQL Server consumes the memory that is requested.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, set the SQL Server &quot;Minimum Query Memory&quot; setting correctly. For information about how to do so, please view the SQL Server Books Online.

Additional query words: prodsms

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