Hi
I have an issue I am trying to resolve related to a number of SQL servers running on a vSphere platform. The issue is around our test platform in which we have a collection of SQL servers that are used occationally and fill up there designated max RAM configuration. As an individual server this isn't really an issue. Its when I look at the Host RAM utilisation across the platform that I am trying to reduce. I would imagine there is a fare chance a decent chunk of this is locked up in SQL.
I know when SQL is restarted the RAM is cleared but I am after a way to do this on the fly without breaking connections from app servers etc. I also can't schedule a reboot or service restart as I cannot guarentee when the DB would be in use.
My plan was to schedule some sort of repeating task that would clear the RAM usage, once a week maybe that would bring the utilisation down a little bit. I have had a look around but cannot really fined anything.
Does anybody know of a method to do this? is it even possible without a service restart?
Thanks
Steve
