September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
912 pages
24h 34m
English
This chapter focuses on the use and most effective configuration of storage components within a Database Engine instance of SQL Server 2012. Storage and I/O (input/output) within SQL Server 2012 requires special attention because it is perhaps the most likely subsystem to experience suboptimal performance when left to the default settings. As a consequence, the well-prepared DBA will want to spend a bit of extra time in planning, configuring, and tuning SQL Server’s storage and I/O settings.
This chapter introduces the fundamental concepts around SQL Server storage and I/O configuration and tuning. This overview includes hardware-related topics, such as hard disks, RAID, and SAN. Going beyond ...
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