I currently have SQL server 2008 Standard (per processor) installed on the same machine as my primary DC (I know bad idea, I didn't do it) I would like to move it to a new machine, I am thinking 2012 R2 but keep SQL 2008 because the licenses are crazy and all my apps still support it.
We are not very big, 100 clients, and not all of them use SQL.
16GB total production DB Size ( 5 databases) , but then that again in trainer DBs plus a handful of little ones.
Looking for suggestions on how to size the new machine, how I can see how busy my databases really are.
Is there a way I can give priority to the main production databases for more RAM etc, without having to do separate instances?