KB4078095 - Improvement: Improves the performance of SQL Server 2017 on smaller systems

Applies To
SQL Server 2017 Developer SQL Server 2017 Enterprise SQL Server 2017 Enterprise Core

Summary

This update improves the performance of SQL Server 2017 when it is running on smaller systems that have less memory.

Resolution

This improvement is included in the following cumulative update for SQL Server:

Cumulative update 4 for SQL Server 2017

About cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Each new cumulative update for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous cumulative update. Check out the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2017

More Information

SQL Server adjusts when it is running on smaller systems. For example, the default max worker calculation reduces the target level, and SQL common language runtime (CLR) hosting enables client mode garbage collection instead of server mode garbage collection.

References

Learn about the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.