Posted by Greg D. Moore \(Strider\) on 12/07/07 19:49

"Neil" <nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Just as a general practice with Windows apps, that memory gets lost or
> corrupted over time. Perhaps not with SQL Server. But there are other apps
> running on it. PC Anywhere is installed as a host on that machine.

Unless there's a specific need for PCAnywhere, I'd get rid of it and
administer the machine via remote desktop.

Works much better.


> I don't know how much memory degradation, if any, occurs from that app.
> Occasionally the machine is used to test the front end app (though it's
> not the primary machine for that purpose).

Well in that csae you've got other issues with the machine.

Which if it's a purely dev machine or one where shutdowns don't impact the
business, you may be ok.

The prod environments I work in tend to be 24/7 so shutdowns are very
infrequent.

Also if you're doing a soft-reboot, that's a bit "nicer" to the hardware
than a hard-reboot which can shorten the lifespan of components.


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