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SQL Server 2005 and Disk drive allocation unit size to 64K - any benefit or performance?

Published 28 April 8 3:1 AM | SSQA.net

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...

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SQL Server 2008 - TSQL behavioural changes and enhancements

Published 31 March 8 2:0 PM | SSQA.net

As usual the new release of SQL Server version 2008 had few changes from 2000 to 2005 and as usual this control-of-flow sequence should occur in order to take advantage of performance with transaction/rollback advantages. Such direction of flow should...

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SQL Server license with multi-core CPU technology, confusing concepts?

Published 20 February 8 2:47 AM | SSQA.net

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...

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SQL Server licensing with having multi-core CPU technology, confusing concepts?

Published 19 February 8 2:47 AM | SSQA.net

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...

Filed under: sql server, performance, microsoft, version, article, license, 2005, cpu, monitoring, administrator, value, costing

SQL Server 2005 unable to shrink the transaction log, help? (peculiar issue)

Published 15 June 7 5:19 PM | SSQA.net

On one of the archive database (using SQL 2005) we have a monthly task to shrink the transaction log during every 1st week of the month, this is required due to clear up the space on one of the drives where the additional transaction log file located...

Filed under: sql server, performance, database, transaction log, kba, article, shrink