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SQL Server Tools includes storage engine that includes a complete set of graphical tools and command prompt utilities that allow users, programmers, and administrators. SSMS, SSRS, SSIS & SSAS are most commonly used tools.

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SQL Server 2005 and Disk drive allocation unit size to 64K - any benefit or performance?
You may be aware that or seen within your Database platform about slower disk performance than expect having multiple disks in Windows Server 2003 environment when you use a hardware-based redundant array of independent disks (RAID) or a software-based Read More...
SQL Server databases - checkpoint, cache and I/O request - what you need to know?
Have you ever wondered about flushing databases? Well not quite possible to flush it straight away and not a best practice too on the live server, so what it is about and you need to know about transactions state when they occur. Say when the changes Read More...
SQL Server configuration disk layout - best practices from field
Configuration of server such as disk and memory is an important factor for SQL Server Performance, there is all about questions within newsgroups and forums that how do I setup the disk layout for a SQL Server database (say, 2005 version). Not only this Read More...
SQL Server 2005 Partitioned Tables and Indexes - learning curve
When do you need data partitioning? The data you see in relational database may need such a strategy if the volume is huge, for instance the data to store event-log information having the schema such as: [Id] INT (make this primary key clustered), [Unit_Id] Read More...
SQL Server license with multi-core CPU technology, confusing concepts?
How many SQL Server licenses you need to fix the number of CPUs on the server? The answer it depends on the number! Well having hyper-threading (i.e. multiple threads execute on a single physical CPU appearing as 2 logical CPUs) and dual-core technology Read More...
DBA Checklist - small and high-level
The DBA checklist over here is a good one for the newbie DBAs and even experienced ones too, as sometime they forget the smaller things to check that might has impact on the issue. Read More...