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Posted on by Fausat 222

Please I'm really new in this role while trying to study and read lots of material both functional and technical, there are issues for me to face at work everyday.

Please how do I find out the memory capacity of  Dynamics AX 2012, what can I do to improve performance when the system is running slow? How do I know if the system memory needs expansion. Thanks

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    Vilmos Kintera 46,149 on at

    Expanding memory rarely fixes performance issues. Slowness generally comes from SQL Server 99% of the cases. I have an article about setting it up right and keeping the AX database healthy, also linking to the Microsoft Premiere Field Engineers' recommendations that you should check:

    [View:https://www.daxrunbase.com/2016/05/11/ax-database-tuning-and-maintenance/:750:50]

    There are also MS-published articles about performance troubleshooting:

    [View:https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/axsupport/2014/09/05/ax-performance-troubleshooting-checklist-part-1a-introduction-and-sql-configuration/:750:50]

    If you are specifically asking about memory requirements, you could find some hints about that in the System requirements guide for AX, and also some other resources:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11094

    https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/axsupport/2014/05/30/ms-dynamics-ax-2012-r2-hardware-sizing/

    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd309725.aspx

    https://community.dynamics.com/ax/f/33/p/237979/653980

    For performance troubleshooting you have a lot of tools available:

    [View:https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj149695.aspx:750:50]

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    Fausat 222 on at

    Hi Vilmos,

    Thanks for all the information and links to relevant sites. I have pencilled down some sites for further reading.

    Really grateful for your information.

    Fausat

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    Vilmos Kintera 46,149 on at

    No problem, but you have marked your answer by accident. Please mark my reply with the checkbox next to the post to verify helpful answers and close the thread.

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