By Ginger Daniel | SQL Administration , SQL Server , Trace Flags
Tempdb database is a system database that is shared across all databases and all connections in SQL Server. As a general rule, I configure all my client’s servers to have multiple tempdb files with consistent sizes and consistent auto growth set according to best practices. The number of tempdb files created equals the number of […]
Continue readingBy Lori Brown | Expert , SQL 2016 , SQL Administration , SQL Server , Trace Flags
I came across something today that I did not know existed in AG’s, Automatic Seeding. This allows SQL to automatically create the secondary replicas for all databases in an AG. Pretty cool!! So if you set things up correctly when you set up your AG’s, you don’t have to worry about backing up databases and […]
Continue readingBy Lori Brown | Intermediate , Performance Tuning , SQL Development , SQL Server , Trace Flags
–By Lori Brown @SQLSupahStah After installing Service Pack 1 for SQL 2016, I ran across USE HINT and thought I would put out what I could find to document it. Here’s where you find info from Microsoft: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181714.aspx and here is a link for all of the bugs that are fixed in SP1: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3182545 USE […]
Continue readingBy Lori Brown | Intermediate , SQL Administration , SQL Server , Trace Flags
— by Lori Brown @SQLSupahStah Once again, I find things about SQL Server that I had no idea were even available when I actually have time to do some in-depth reading and research. Most of the time, my regular duties keep me so busy that I don’t have time to play with new SQL functionality […]
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