SBS 2003 Server chokes due to growing memory or page file useage

[sethschmautz]

Hey all,

I've been searching for help on this topic for several months and I'm hoping that someone here might be able to help diagnose the problem. The stats:

HP Proliant ML370 G3
SBS 2003 w/ SP2
2x Intel Xeon 3.06GHz (4 virtual processors)
4GB RAM
System Partion (Drive E) 33.9GB, 14.8 GB free
File Partition (Drive F) 273TG, 158GB

The server's memory useage (physical or virtual) continues to grow until it chokes the server and various services stop and it drops from the network. According to Microsoft's suggestion I have a 6GB page file (3GB on E, 3GB on F), but at one time I had set the page file at its max at over 8GB. The server usually lasts for 3-4 days before it chokes and needs a reboot. The server is running Exchange 2003, ISA 2004, and SQL 2005. All SQL instances are throttled at 512MB. We were trying to run Antigen, but it was the straw that broke the camel's back and we pulled it off until we could figure out where the memory leak was going.

If anybody has any ideas on where to start, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

Seth

 

[pagy]

Do you have exchange sp2 on it as well?? I've seen exchange consume ram like crazy if it's not patched.

Paul

MCSE 2003

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein

 

[sethschmautz]

Pagy,

I'll try to reinstall SP2. I think that everything worked except the client tools. I'll let you know what I find. Thanks,

Seth

 

[sethschmautz]

Pagy,

I'm sorry, it was SQL SP2 that was struggling with the Client Component upgrade. Exchange is indeed patched through SP2.

If I have a total of a 10GB pagefile (4GB RAM + 2x3GB page files), should I normally expect to see the PF grow to almost max in Task Manager?

Seth