Expanding or Shrinking a Database
Databases can be expanded and shrunk automatically or manually. The mechanism for automatic expansion is completely different from the mechanism for automatic shrinkage. Manual expansion is also handled differently than manual shrinkage. Log files have their own rules for growing and shrinking; I’ll discuss changes in log file size in Chapter 5.
Warning
Shrinking a database or any data file is an extremely resource-intensive operation, and the only reason to do it is if you absolutely must recover disk space.
Automatic File Expansion
Expansion can happen automatically to any one of the database’s files when that particular ...
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