• Why do you want to reduce memory usage? SQL uses memory to improve performance because memory is faster than disk. It will cache as much as it can to avoid having to read off slow disks.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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