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It effectively removed the 4GB memory barrier, allowing for much larger buffer pools and faster query processing. The progress bar crawled
Use tools like 7-Zip or WinRAR to extract the files to a folder on your drive and run setup.exe . Critical Context: End of Life (EOL) there it was.
A major win for DBAs, this built-in feature reduced the storage footprint of backups and shortened the time required for disaster recovery operations.
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