In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

Configuring the shared storage needed for HA in VMware can present challenges to creating these clusters and therefore satisfying SLAs. These challenges can create a barrier to migrating ...

The new ZD-XL SQL Accelerator 1.5 supports Microsoft SQL Server 2014, 2012 and 2008 R2 versions expanding on the key flash-based storage features that improve I/O access performance.

SQL Server has an optimizer that usually does a great job of optimizing code for the most effective execution. A query execution plan is the breakdown of how the optimizer will run (or ran) a query.

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Do you need to find out where the location of your SQL Server's database is? Here's a quick tip. Written by Arthur Fuller, Contributor. Contributor. March 4, 2004 at 12:45 a.m. PT.

PAGEIOLATCH_*—Buffer latches, including the PAGEIOLATCH_EX wait type, are used to synchronize access to BUF structures and associated pages in the SQL Server database. The most frequently occurring ...