How to tell if you have instant initialization enabled?
As you may already know, instant initialization is a way to prevent data (not log) file create and grow operations having to zero-initialize the new space before allowing it to be used. This can...
View ArticleSearch Engine Q&A #24: Why can’t the transaction log use instant initialization?
This is a quickie in response to a blog comment from my previous post on instant initialization: How to tell if you have instant initialization enabled? The comment was: I must say, I love instant...
View ArticleMisconceptions around instant file initialization
Whenever I teach a class I'm amazed at the number of DBAs who don't know about instant file initialization. Without wanting to redo blog posts that others have done, in a nutshell it allows a file to...
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Importance of data file size management
In last week's survey I asked how you manage the size of your database *data* files – see here for the survey. Here are the results as of 6/24/09. The 'other' values are as follows: 5 x 'manual file...
View ArticleA SQL Server DBA myth a day: (3/30) instant file initialization can be...
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View ArticleA SQL Server DBA myth a day: (14/30) clearing the log zeroes out log records
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