CREATE RESOURCE POOL (Transact-SQL)
Creates a Resource Governor resource pool. Resource Governor is available only on the Enterprise, Developer, and Evaluation editions of SQL Server.
Syntax
CREATE RESOURCE POOL pool_name
[ WITH
( [ MIN_CPU_PERCENT =value ]
[ [ , ] MAX_CPU_PERCENT =value ]
[ [ , ] MIN_MEMORY_PERCENT =value ]
[ [ , ] MAX_MEMORY_PERCENT =value ] )
]
[;]
Arguments
pool_name
Is the user-defined name for the resource pool. pool_name is alphanumeric, can be up to 128 characters, must be unique within an instance of SQL Server, and must comply with the rules for identifiers.MIN_CPU_PERCENT =value
Specifies the guaranteed average CPU bandwidth for all requests in the resource pool when there is CPU contention. value is an integer with a default setting of 0. The allowed range for value is from 0 through 100.MAX_CPU_PERCENT =value
Specifies the maximum average CPU bandwidth that all requests in resource pool will receive when there is CPU contention. value is an integer with a default setting of 100. The allowed range for value is from 1 through 100.MIN_MEMORY_PERCENT =value
Specifies the minimum amount of memory reserved for this resource pool that can not be shared with other resource pools. value is an integer with a default setting of 0 The allowed range for value is from 0 to 100.MAX_MEMORY_PERCENT =value
Specifies the total server memory that can be used by requests in this resource pool. value is an integer with a default setting of 100. The allowed range for value is from 1 through 100.
Remarks
The values for MAX_CPU_PERCENT and MAX_MEMORY_PERCENT must be greater than or equal to the values for MIN_CPU_PERCENT and MIN_MEMORY_PERCENT, respectively.
The sum of the values for MIN_CPU_PERCENT and MIN_MEMORY_PERCENT for all the resource pools must not exceed 100.
Permissions
Requires CONTROL SERVER permission.
Examples
The following example shows how to create a resource pool named bigPool. This pool uses the default Resource Governor settings.
CREATE RESOURCE POOL bigPool;
GO
ALTER RESOURCE GOVERNOR RECONFIGURE;
GO