Store memory usage problem
- Hi all
Recently had a server crash due to a hardware problem which is all fixed now but when i got everything back up and running store.exe seems to just increase in memory usgae. I haven't had a out of memory error yet but i've been in work all week and have been restarting the information store service in the morning.
I've read various posts here and there about memory usgae and exchange but i've yet to find something to help me.
I have 2 servers on the cluster but obviously the only server with the store.exe is the one the service is running on.
Please help :)
Please note i have no idea of telling what service pack :) and i am using exchange 2007
Thanks
Jason
Answers
- Hi,
Yes! this is normal where Store.exe occupy huge memory space and it suppose to run on only active node of the cluster. To measure the performance here is the link for what you monitor on each type of server without any third party monitoring tool. you can use performance monitor that add those counter required counters. also note that adding all counter would also take some resources of the server.
Monitoring Without System Center Operations Manager
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Vishal Ramnani | MCITP - Exchange 2007 | MCSE Messaging | MCTS - Win 2008 Config- Marked As Answer byAllen SongMSFT, ModeratorFriday, November 13, 2009 9:28 AM
- On Fri, 6-Nov-09 09:22:53 GMT, Jason2234 wrote:
>Its not impacting on the server but at the same time i haven't let it get to that as i reset the service in the morning. What counters do you recommend and what do you think i should look for. (what does RPC stand for :))Jason
RPC is the abbreviation for Remote Procedure Call.
If you want to use a predefined set of PerfMon objects, try using
this:
http://blogs.technet.com/mikelag/archive/2008/05/02/perfwiz-replacement-for-exchange-2007.aspx
To make life easier, use this:
.codeplex.com/
If you find there are perfromance problems in the PAL report you can
dig deeper into the counter trace log, Exchange Best Practices
Analyzer (ExBPA), and any other tools you have at your disposal that
might gather information specific to the problem you fins (if you find
any!).
---
Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP- Marked As Answer byAllen SongMSFT, ModeratorFriday, November 13, 2009 9:28 AM
All Replies
- Its normail on exchange 2007, where store.exe eats up lots of memory. Is it impacting the performance of the exchange?
have you checked the perf monitor ? Try to check all the counters related to RPC on the server and see if some thing is not normal over there.
Raj - Its not impacting on the server but at the same time i haven't let it get to that as i reset the service in the morning. What counters do you recommend and what do you think i should look for.
(what does RPC stand for :))
Jason remote procudure call. I will recommend to use all the counters , speciall number of rpc requests, succesful and failed rpc request. For a while you can actaully monitor all of them.
Raj- Hi,
Yes! this is normal where Store.exe occupy huge memory space and it suppose to run on only active node of the cluster. To measure the performance here is the link for what you monitor on each type of server without any third party monitoring tool. you can use performance monitor that add those counter required counters. also note that adding all counter would also take some resources of the server.
Monitoring Without System Center Operations Manager
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Vishal Ramnani | MCITP - Exchange 2007 | MCSE Messaging | MCTS - Win 2008 Config- Marked As Answer byAllen SongMSFT, ModeratorFriday, November 13, 2009 9:28 AM
- Thanks for the help guys, I'll keep an eye on it and see if its affecting anything. Its just weird that before this week when it crashed it wasn't doing this at all it seemed to reach a limit around 1-1.5 gb. I shall see how it goes however
- Addition to others just make sure that you have set the Paging File settings for Windows
Vinod |CCNA|MCSE 2003 +Messaging|MCTS|ITIL V3| I haven't set this, how do i go about it and what does it do exactly?
- It increases the storage spindle performance so that the server's hard drives can give you maximum throughput. Separating the Paging file location from system and database drive which is a basic requirement of any highly used server will increase the performance of the both Paging as well the Database and Logs I/O.
There so many resources available to optimize the performance of your servers. few places to tune storage performance like Paging File, /3 Gb switch, logs and database on separate HD etc.
I would suggest you to run ExPBA also which can you practical suggestions.
This link can help you a bit.
http://www.msexchange.org/articles-tutorials/exchange-server-2007/management-administration/12-tips-optimize-exchange-2007-infrastructure-part1.html
Thanks.
Vishal Ramnani | MCITP - Exchange 2007 | MCSE Messaging | MCTS - Win 2008 Config - On Fri, 6-Nov-09 09:22:53 GMT, Jason2234 wrote:
>Its not impacting on the server but at the same time i haven't let it get to that as i reset the service in the morning. What counters do you recommend and what do you think i should look for. (what does RPC stand for :))Jason
RPC is the abbreviation for Remote Procedure Call.
If you want to use a predefined set of PerfMon objects, try using
this:
http://blogs.technet.com/mikelag/archive/2008/05/02/perfwiz-replacement-for-exchange-2007.aspx
To make life easier, use this:
.codeplex.com/
If you find there are perfromance problems in the PAL report you can
dig deeper into the counter trace log, Exchange Best Practices
Analyzer (ExBPA), and any other tools you have at your disposal that
might gather information specific to the problem you fins (if you find
any!).
---
Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP- Marked As Answer byAllen SongMSFT, ModeratorFriday, November 13, 2009 9:28 AM
