I'd recommend in an 8 GB machine... cap it at 6 GB.

I like to go:

Memory Capacity - 2GB to OS - 1 GB for every 16 GB of memory available...

I can see if you want to make a copy of the database after a forcast is posted you don't want large transaction log, however if this forcasting process is...

I think it's great that you have installed SQL 2008 R2 Express. Do you have and experience with relational databases at all? Personally I think its important to understand how...

Hi Hendricks,

I should have mentioned that, I don't see less space being used within the primary data file. I understand I wouldn't reclaim the space to the OS until running...