>>You can also compress data (but the BOL says it's available in Enterprise and Developers Editions only - can you test it for your case)?
>>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280449.aspx
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>>See http://blogs.lessthandot.com/index.php/DataMgmt/DBAdmin/MSSQLServerAdmin/do-you-get-a-benefit-from-compressing-ba
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>I have Standard.

I know, test anyway - may be BOL is not updated with the info for R2 (although I think it will not work).