It's supposed to. It will freely give it up when another app asks for it. It uses it for cache.

Server:<BR>DL380 G5 dual dual core 2.33Ghz, 4GB RAM<BR>Win2K3 Std R2 SP1 x64<BR>SQL 2005 Std SP2 x64<BR><BR>This weekend the SQL box chewed through every last bit of memory available. I came in this ...

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