Question : SQLservr.exe*32 process using large amount of ram and disk activity

Hi,

On our SBS 2008 server we are seeing that the sqlservr.exe*32 process is using a large amount of ram (about 2GB). It doesn't do anything other than the SBS monitoring features as far as I am aware of. It's also creating a lot of disk activity, with 1GB p/m being common place.

Is there any way to find out what SQL server is doing ? I'm of a mind to just stop the services for it as we don't use any of the reporting/monitoring functionality but I'd prefer to find the root cause if at all possible.

Thanks

Olly

Answer : SQLservr.exe*32 process using large amount of ram and disk activity

Unless otherwise you set the MAX Server Memory of SQL Server, it would try to utilize as much memory available in the server and hence utilizing 2 GB is not a big deal as SQL server loves more memory for optimizing things even though it doesn't have much activity as mentioned..

>> Is there any way to find out what SQL server is doing ? I'm of a mind to just stop the services for it as we don't use any of the reporting/monitoring functionality but I'd prefer to find the root cause if at all possible

Just execute this script in query window:

select * from sys.sysprocesses

which would list the activities happening in the server.

And regarding disk activity, if you have heavily fragmented databases, then this should happen.
Rebuild all indexes in your database to fix this one..