Managing Database Settings

You use the Database Settings page of the Server Properties dialog box to configure server-wide database settings. As shown in Figure 6-7, you can use this page to set index fill, backup and restore options, and recovery intervals for checkpoint execution.

The Database Settings page of the Server Properties dialog box

Figure 6-7. The Database Settings page of the Server Properties dialog box

Setting the Index Fill

The default index fill determines how much space SQL Server should reserve when it creates a new index using existing data. Setting the fill factor involves a tradeoff—if you set the fill factor too high, SQL Server will slow down when you add data to a table. However, if you ...

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