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title: "ft crawl bandwidth Server Configuration Option | Microsoft Docs"
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# ft crawl bandwidth Server Configuration Option
  Use the **ft crawl bandwidth** option to specify the size to which the pool of large memory buffers can grow. Large memory buffers are 4 megabytes (MB) in size. The **max** parameter value specifies the maximum number of buffers that the full-text memory manager should maintain in a large buffer pool. If the **max** value is zero, then there is no upper limit to the number of buffers that can be in a large buffer pool.  
  
 The **min** parameter specifies the minimum number of memory buffers that must be maintained in the pool of large memory buffers. Upon request from the [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] memory manager, all extra buffer pools will be released but this minimum number of buffers will be maintained. If, however, the **min** value specified is zero, then all memory buffers are released.  
  
 Under certain circumstances, the number of buffers currently allocated is less than the value specified by the **min** parameter.  
  
> [!NOTE]  
>  [!INCLUDE[ssNoteDepFutureAvoid](../../includes/ssnotedepfutureavoid-md.md)]  
  
## See Also  
 [Server Configuration Options (SQL Server)](server-configuration-options-sql-server.md)   
 [ft notify bandwidth Server Configuration Option](ft-notify-bandwidth-server-configuration-option.md)   
 [sp_configure (Transact-SQL)](/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-configure-transact-sql)