June 2014
Intermediate to advanced
804 pages
22h 17m
English
CHAPTER 29
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Transaction Log Internals
As you already know, every database in SQL Server has one or more transaction log files in addition to data files. Transaction logs store the information about all of the changes made in the database, and they allow SQL Server to recover databases to transactionally consistent states in case of an unexpected shut down or crash.
In this chapter, we will examine the internal structure of the transaction log, discuss how SQL Server logs data modifications, and review how it performs database crash recovery. We will also cover how to diagnose excessive transaction log growth and discuss a few best practices related ...
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