One of the best features you have in the SQL Server is to create database data file (additional) on fly without having a slow performance affect on existing connections. But think about how SQL Server manages to use server threads for the data file that
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Had an interesting problem on one of the SANs that will be used to setup a failover clustering installation. The issue error "'There is not enough disk space on the destination disk for the current SQL server data files" and when I have checked relevant
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There should be no special consideration to perform BACKUP activities within your SQL Server environment. But if you are using FTS with full-text indexes/catalogs then you should be concerned about point-in time recoverability with the backups. You may
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Yes it does! Until yesterday even I was under impression that it will not use or cause any issues to the server. But think about performing the SHRINK operation of transaction log & database files on regular basis, say within a scheduled job or ongoing
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When using SNAPSHOT backups in SQL Server there are few things you need to consider, that included monitoring the disk space usage where the database backups & snapshot files are stored. BOL confirms about SNAPSHOT backups as: The underlying backup
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