Guest Chris Coates Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 I have a Win 2003 X64 server that is a dedicated SQL 2005 server. I have noticed excessive paging going on, (Over 530 page faults per second), and tracked it down to svchost.exe. I know that the server is not having memory issues. It is using just 5GB of the 20GB installed. Any suggestions what would cause excessive paging from svchost.exe, especially when there is so much RAM avaliable? Thanks Chris
Guest gocat2005 Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 RE: SVCHOST.exe causing excessive paging. Svchost.exe, which is short for "service host", and is a core part of the operating system You need to find out which service has gone crazy and why Try the Application Log in Event Viewer "Chris Coates" wrote: > I have a Win 2003 X64 server that is a dedicated SQL 2005 server. > > I have noticed excessive paging going on, (Over 530 page faults per second), > and tracked it down to svchost.exe. > > I know that the server is not having memory issues. It is using just 5GB of > the 20GB installed. > > Any suggestions what would cause excessive paging from svchost.exe, > especially when there is so much RAM avaliable? > > Thanks > > Chris > > >
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 Re: SVCHOST.exe causing excessive paging. Chris Coates <ccoates@gfs.com> wrote: > I have a Win 2003 X64 server that is a dedicated SQL 2005 server. > > I have noticed excessive paging going on, (Over 530 page faults per > second), and tracked it down to svchost.exe. > > I know that the server is not having memory issues. It is using just > 5GB of the 20GB installed. > > Any suggestions what would cause excessive paging from svchost.exe, > especially when there is so much RAM avaliable? > > Thanks > > Chris In addition to the other reply, download Process Explorer (it's a free Sysinternals tool now at Microsoft) and it will help you identify the culprit.
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