RAM increase on server and sql instance
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I have increased server RAM from 8Gb to 40Gb and SQL max memory to 32Gb. However even after a month the total RAM usage by SQL server is 8.5Gb. some of the db have large data, any tips on investigating this further is appreciated.
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If your memory hasn't increased up to the limit of 32GB - then either SQL Server doesn't need that much memory or the instance is being restarted so it has to reload the memory. Just because a system has a lot of data doesn't mean all of that data is loaded into memory - SQL Server only reads what is needed to support the queries running.
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I suspect that this reading was taken straight after you added more memory. You need to use the database to see if it will use all the memory. SQL Server caches data in memory so you will probably find all the memory is used after you have used it.
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