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SQL Server EXE Size

Arun Sirpal points out that sqlservr.exe is a lot smaller in 2012 and up as compared  to 2008 R2:

I never really noticed the difference before, but I understand why.

From 2012 onwards the architecture changed, it has been broken up into multiple DLLs. I can see the extra DLL files within the BINN folder these being sqllang.dll and sqlmin.dll where each are roughly 30MB each.

Makes me a bit curious as to the reason behind the breakout.

2 Comments

  1. Andy Levy
    Andy Levy 2016-11-28

    Perhaps this makes it easier to patch/update and test those patches?

    • Kevin Feasel
      Kevin Feasel 2016-11-28

      That’s a good thought. Separating the code out into additional DLLs could perhaps make it easier for different teams to work concurrently without breaking each other’s work.

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