InnoDB Memory configuration - basic (1 reply)

Hi All

My apologies for this very basic question, but I'm lost ...

I have assigned 40GB Memory as innodb_buffer_pool_size , but no matter what I
do, MySQL takes no more then around 11 to 12 GB of memory in task manager.

I have tables which are much larger, and no matter how I query it, the memory
in task manager just remains around 11 to 12 GB.

It must be something very simple that I'm overseeing, is someone able to
guide me a little bit as to what I need to check ?

OS : Windows Server 2012
CPU : 8
Mem : 64 GB
Storage : RAID 10 , SSD Enterprise

Much appreciated.