Tips for using SQL Server 2017 file and filegroups Consider placing the log files on other physical disk arrays than those with the data files. Because logging is usually more write-intensive, it’s important that the disk arrays containing the SQL Server log files have sufficient disk I/O performance. Do not create many data and log files on the same physical...
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Some tips for using SQL Server 2016 file and filegroups
Some tips for using SQL Server 2016 file and filegroups Do not set the autoshrink feature. Autoshrinking results in some performance degradation, therefore you should shrink the database manually or create a scheduled task to shrink the database periodically during off-peak times, rather than set Autoshrink feature to ON. Place log files on RAID 1+0 (or RAID 1) disks. By […]
Tips for using tempdb database in SQL Server 2016
Tips for using tempdb database in SQL Server 2016 Use TempDB section of SQL Server Installation Wizard. SQL Server 2016 introduces the new UI input control on the Database Engine Configuration – TempDB section of SQL Server Installation Wizard. Now during setup, you can configure the number of tempdb database files, initial size, autogrowth and directory placement. You can specify […]
Tips for using tempdb database in SQL Server 2014
Tips for using tempdb database in SQL Server 2014 Permit the tempdb database to automatically grow. Autogrow feature is set by default. Each time the SQL Server 2014 is started, tempdb database is recreated and reset to its default size. Automatically growing results in some performance degradation, therefore you should set a reasonable size for tempdb database and a reasonable...
Tips for using SQL Server 2014 file and filegroups
Tips for using SQL Server 2014 file and filegroups Set the reasonable sizes for the database and transaction log. First of all, before database creation, you should estimate how large your database will be. To estimate the reasonable database size, you should estimate the size of each table individually, add some additional space (10-20%) and then add the values obtained....