I've got a server 2008 sql box with 16GB allocated (VMWare). In perfmon and taskman it shows sql using about 5GB of RAM. The rest of the prcesses are pretty minimal. The system says 15.8GB is in use.

Just a few months after launching SQL Server 2012, Microsoft is starting to peel back the covers on what's coming in the next version of its database. And while the Softies aren't sharing a due date, ...

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Two years after the arrival of SQL Server 2012, which focused on the analysis of data in memory and the cloud, Microsoft is ready for next iteration of the RDMBS database. The general availability of ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...