http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic733163-149-1.aspx - this is the answer you are looking for

One artcile I know of is @ http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/Configuring-SQL-Server-memory-settings, Denny's Blog also should have lotza info on this. You need resgistration to use this link though.

Another way - easier perhaps, if the security policy lets you - is to install Process Explorer (get it from here :- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653 ). Just search for...

Moreover shrinking will lead to further fragmentation, and also will result in data file growing again. Never ever shrink a DB for performance gain, it never happens. Pls read Paul...

Yeh :P, not instances, sorry. Instances :- acer (5022), acer\abh(5023) and...

sachnam (1/12/2011)

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I will have a few questions from you which will help me to understand your problem a little bit more clearly.

pls. metion the following information.

1. is your prinicipal, Mirror...

@happycat : i have three instances on my laptop, still its not working.

🙂 its a POC, sorry I should have mentioned it. But what I understood from the net is that its possible- only requirement being different ports. No I haven't tried...

Thanks a ton for the solution!