Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Unleashed
by Ray Rankins, Paul Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
Database Pages
Except for memory-optimized tables (which are covered in Chapter 33), all information in SQL Server is stored at the page level. The page is the smallest level of I/O in SQL Server and is the fundamental storage unit. Pages contain the data itself or information about the physical layout of the data. The page size is the same for all page types: 8KB, or 8,192 bytes. The pages are arranged in two basic types of storage structures: linked data pages and index trees.
Databases are divided into logical 8KB pages. Within each file allocated to a database, the pages are numbered contiguously from 0 to n. The actual number of pages in the database file depends on the size of the file. Pages in a database are uniquely referenced by specifying ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access