reindexing slow after installing SQL 2K SP4?

I'm using SQL 2000 Enterprise Edition (Clustered). After upgrading from SP3
to SP4, my re-indexing job takes 3-4 times longer than before. The amount
of data is about the same. Nothing else within SQL has changed. I am
running SQL on the other node, but the hardware is identical and I checked
the boot.ini (for enabling AWE) file and it's the same on boh boxes also.
Has anyone experienced this after installing Service Pack 4?There is an issue with AWE in SP4 - it stops using it. Get the post-SP4 hot
fix:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899761
Tom
----
Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
.
"Nieves" <JuanN@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I'm using SQL 2000 Enterprise Edition (Clustered). After upgrading from SP3
to SP4, my re-indexing job takes 3-4 times longer than before. The amount
of data is about the same. Nothing else within SQL has changed. I am
running SQL on the other node, but the hardware is identical and I checked
the boot.ini (for enabling AWE) file and it's the same on boh boxes also.
Has anyone experienced this after installing Service Pack 4?|||Thanks. I actually forgot to mention that I did install the Post SP 4
Hotfix rollup. My SQL Version is at 8.00.2187.
However, I did check Perfmon and SQL is using up more than 50% of the
physical memory, which I think, according to the article, means that it is
running normally.
"Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
news:ux$ot8bqGHA.4032@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> There is an issue with AWE in SP4 - it stops using it. Get the post-SP4
> hot
> fix:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899761
>
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> .
> "Nieves" <JuanN@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:OYQCGUbqGHA.928@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> I'm using SQL 2000 Enterprise Edition (Clustered). After upgrading from
> SP3
> to SP4, my re-indexing job takes 3-4 times longer than before. The amount
> of data is about the same. Nothing else within SQL has changed. I am
> running SQL on the other node, but the hardware is identical and I checked
> the boot.ini (for enabling AWE) file and it's the same on boh boxes also.
> Has anyone experienced this after installing Service Pack 4?
>|||That's odd. How much RAM do you have on each node and let us know whether
the /3GB switch is/isn't used.
Tom
----
Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
.
"Nieves" <JuanN@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:OZ4SudcqGHA.2256@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Thanks. I actually forgot to mention that I did install the Post SP 4
Hotfix rollup. My SQL Version is at 8.00.2187.
However, I did check Perfmon and SQL is using up more than 50% of the
physical memory, which I think, according to the article, means that it is
running normally.
"Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
news:ux$ot8bqGHA.4032@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> There is an issue with AWE in SP4 - it stops using it. Get the post-SP4
> hot
> fix:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/899761
>
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> .
> "Nieves" <JuanN@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:OYQCGUbqGHA.928@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> I'm using SQL 2000 Enterprise Edition (Clustered). After upgrading from
> SP3
> to SP4, my re-indexing job takes 3-4 times longer than before. The amount
> of data is about the same. Nothing else within SQL has changed. I am
> running SQL on the other node, but the hardware is identical and I checked
> the boot.ini (for enabling AWE) file and it's the same on boh boxes also.
> Has anyone experienced this after installing Service Pack 4?
>|||Thanks,
There's 8 GB of RAM on each node. The 3/GB switch is not used and this was
actually PER Microsoft.
"Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
news:euOlQmcqGHA.4992@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> That's odd. How much RAM do you have on each node and let us know whether
> the /3GB switch is/isn't used.
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> .
> "Nieves" <JuanN@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:OZ4SudcqGHA.2256@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Thanks. I actually forgot to mention that I did install the Post SP 4
> Hotfix rollup. My SQL Version is at 8.00.2187.
> However, I did check Perfmon and SQL is using up more than 50% of the
> physical memory, which I think, according to the article, means that it is
> running normally.
>
> "Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
> news:ux$ot8bqGHA.4032@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>|||Just wanted to sure. What's odd is that it appears to run differently on
each node. Also, of the 8 GB, how much did you tell it to use for SQL
Server? Could you give us the sp_configure output for max server memory and
AWE?
Are there other processes running on one node and not the other?
Tom
----
Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
.
"Nieves" <JuanN@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Thanks,
There's 8 GB of RAM on each node. The 3/GB switch is not used and this was
actually PER Microsoft.
"Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
news:euOlQmcqGHA.4992@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> That's odd. How much RAM do you have on each node and let us know whether
> the /3GB switch is/isn't used.
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> .
> "Nieves" <JuanN@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:OZ4SudcqGHA.2256@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Thanks. I actually forgot to mention that I did install the Post SP 4
> Hotfix rollup. My SQL Version is at 8.00.2187.
> However, I did check Perfmon and SQL is using up more than 50% of the
> physical memory, which I think, according to the article, means that it is
> running normally.
>
> "Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
> news:ux$ot8bqGHA.4032@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>|||Thanks so much for your help Tom.
There are no processes running on one node that's not running on the other.
SQL Server is configured to use 6 GB - again, this was suggested by
microsoft when we were troubleshooting another problem several months back.
Here's the sp_configure output
max server memory (MB) 4 2147483647 6008
6008
awe enabled 0 1 1 1
"Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
news:%23Jp05DpqGHA.4032@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Just wanted to sure. What's odd is that it appears to run differently on
> each node. Also, of the 8 GB, how much did you tell it to use for SQL
> Server? Could you give us the sp_configure output for max server memory
> and
> AWE?
> Are there other processes running on one node and not the other?
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> .
> "Nieves" <JuanN@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23$5lw3oqGHA.2108@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Thanks,
> There's 8 GB of RAM on each node. The 3/GB switch is not used and this
> was
> actually PER Microsoft.
>
> "Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
> news:euOlQmcqGHA.4992@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>|||If I were to increase the Max Memory, would I need to restart SQL service
for it to take effect?
"Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
news:%23Jp05DpqGHA.4032@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Just wanted to sure. What's odd is that it appears to run differently on
> each node. Also, of the 8 GB, how much did you tell it to use for SQL
> Server? Could you give us the sp_configure output for max server memory
> and
> AWE?
> Are there other processes running on one node and not the other?
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> .
> "Nieves" <JuanN@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23$5lw3oqGHA.2108@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Thanks,
> There's 8 GB of RAM on each node. The 3/GB switch is not used and this
> was
> actually PER Microsoft.
>
> "Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
> news:euOlQmcqGHA.4992@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>|||I just ran a perfmon and measured SQLServer:Memory Manager - Target Server
Memory and Total Server Memory. It's at a steady 5 GB. My Max memory is
set to 6 GB. Is this normal?
"Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
news:%23Jp05DpqGHA.4032@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Just wanted to sure. What's odd is that it appears to run differently on
> each node. Also, of the 8 GB, how much did you tell it to use for SQL
> Server? Could you give us the sp_configure output for max server memory
> and
> AWE?
> Are there other processes running on one node and not the other?
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> .
> "Nieves" <JuanN@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23$5lw3oqGHA.2108@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Thanks,
> There's 8 GB of RAM on each node. The 3/GB switch is not used and this
> was
> actually PER Microsoft.
>
> "Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
> news:euOlQmcqGHA.4992@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>|||6GB = 6,144MB, so you're just a little short of using the 6GB. Leaving the
remaining 2GB to the OS is plenty.
Tom
----
Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Toronto, ON Canada
.
"Nieves" <JuanN@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:OxSToz2qGHA.3564@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Thanks so much for your help Tom.
There are no processes running on one node that's not running on the other.
SQL Server is configured to use 6 GB - again, this was suggested by
microsoft when we were troubleshooting another problem several months back.
Here's the sp_configure output
max server memory (MB) 4 2147483647 6008
6008
awe enabled 0 1 1 1
"Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
news:%23Jp05DpqGHA.4032@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Just wanted to sure. What's odd is that it appears to run differently on
> each node. Also, of the 8 GB, how much did you tell it to use for SQL
> Server? Could you give us the sp_configure output for max server memory
> and
> AWE?
> Are there other processes running on one node and not the other?
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Toronto, ON Canada
> .
> "Nieves" <JuanN@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23$5lw3oqGHA.2108@.TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Thanks,
> There's 8 GB of RAM on each node. The 3/GB switch is not used and this
> was
> actually PER Microsoft.
>
> "Tom Moreau" <tom@.dont.spam.me.cips.ca> wrote in message
> news:euOlQmcqGHA.4992@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>