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&gt;Why would it do that?<br />
as by the default configuration, every RDBMS will take as much memory as possible, because that's the main point of keeping best performance.<br />
ususally, you should only have a single server application installed...
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>Why would it do that?
as by the default configuration, every RDBMS will take as much memory as possible, because that's the main point of keeping best performance.
ususally, you should only have a single server application installed...

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When I logged into Windows XP Pro this morning, the SqlServer.exe process had taken all of the free memory (500M) for itself. Why would it do that? Logging out and back in did not correct it, but restarting did.
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When I logged into Windows XP Pro this morning, the SqlServer.exe process had taken all of the free memory (500M) for itself. Why would it do that? Logging out and back in did not correct it, but restarting did.

SQLServer.exe Taking All Free Memory

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.