This “ginormousity” (yes, I made up this word) would be discovered by viewing the SharePoint databases in SQL Server, checking the size of your SQL Server databases data file (.mdf ...

but most of the benefits seem to apply just to improvements in SQL Server 2008. One potential benefit is data compression, which can be automated by default. Compression can reduce your backup size, ...

I can't find any documentation or articles that show if SharePoint 2010 supports the "Force Encryption" on the MS SQL server. Any know any documenation on the topic? 'Force encryption' is a ...