• Steve Vassallo (10/15/2009)


    What about SQL 2008? Is this an option there?

    Yes.

    SQL 2008 SP1 CU2 allows locked pages on standard edition. Good reference for this topic is the PSS Engineers' blog

    http://blogs.msdn.com/psssql/archive/2009/05/19/an-update-for-standard-sku-support-for-locked-pages.aspx

    Gail Shaw
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