Recently we have upgraded RAM in Dell Server from 4 GB to 12GB. as well as Windows server Operating system from windows server 2003 to windows server 2008.it is working fine. but Now the problem is, when we are running the application, system is allocating some memory for the application and it is working fine.but after closing the application the memory usage is not comming normal it is showing the same percentage of memory while the program is running. if i restart the server then it is comming normal. what could be the problem? Please help

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What application is using this memory? It seems like application is not releasing the memory. Using task manager you can see which application is really using the memory. Or use Windows System Resource Manager: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755056.aspx Santhosh Sivarajan | MCTS, MCSE (W2K3/W2K/NT4), MCSA (W2K3/W2K/MSG), CCNA, Network+ Houston, TX Blogs - http://blogs.sivarajan.com/ Articles - http://www.sivarajan.com/publications.html Twitter: @santhosh_sivara - http://twitter.com/santhosh_sivara This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Hi Santhosh, The Configuration of the Server and details Its Dell PE 6800 Server Xeon CPU 3.4 Ghz Quad Processor 20 GB RAM Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 SP 1 MS SQL 2005 Enterprise Edition R2 SP 2 We are running SQL SSIS packages and using Microstrategy application. While running SQL SSIS Packages the RAM Shoot up,

Hi Santhosh, Thanks for answering. We are running SQL SSIS packages and using Microstrategy application. While running SQL SSIS Packages the RAM Shoot up. How to force SQL SSIS to release memory once it has been closed? Please help..Its very urgent... FYI, The Configuration of the Server and details Its Dell PE 6800 Server Xeon CPU 3.4 Ghz Quad Processor 20 GB RAM Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 SP 1 MS SQL 2005 Enterprise Edition R2 SP 2