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In the first post in this series, I walked through how SQL Server uses memory and which configuration habits make life easier for DBAs; in this follow-up, I want to focus on the incidents you actually feel, including plan cache bloat, bad query patterns, and the troubleshooting paths that get you from symptom to root […]

Memory problems rarely announce themselves clearly. Instead, they show up as long-running queries, random slowdowns, heavy I/O, and vague “SQL Server is slow” style tickets with very little detail. That’s exactly why SQL Server memory management deserves closer attention. It’s rarely the headline issue. More often, it’s the problem behind the problems. Most DBAs don’t […]