August 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1416 pages
33h 39m
English
Data compression was the sleeper feature when it was introduced. With both row compression and page compression, including both prefix and dictionary compression, SQL Server offers the granularity to tune data compression. Using data compression carefully, you can push the envelope for an I/O bound, high-transaction database.
The next chapter continues the thread of technologies used for highly scalable database design with a look at several types of partitioning.
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