Until now "Lock Pages In Memory" was an option only available to SQL Server Enterprise Edition customers. Very simply put it prevents SQL Server from paging out the memory it has allocated (a deep explanation can be found in the references below). We...

Wow, the guys in the SQL Server team are working really hard. The first CU for SQL Server 2008 SP1 has already been released and will take you to build 10.00.2710. More information here .

We are very proud to announce the release of the first service pack for SQL Server 2008. With the release of SQL Server 2008 we have also made great investments in the installer. I am sure you have all noticed that the setup experience is completely...