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Pro SQL Server 2022 Administration: A Guide for the Modern DBA

Name: Pro SQL Server 2022 Administration: A Guide for the Modern DBA
Author: Peter A. Carter
ISBN: 9781484288641

by Peter A. Carter

November 2022

Intermediate to advanced

990 pages

19h 19m

English

Apress

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P. A. CarterPro SQL Server 2022 Administrationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8864-1_6

6. Database Configuration

Peter A. Carter¹

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SOUTHAMPTON, UK

Within a database, data is stored in one or more data files. These files are grouped into logical containers called filegroups. Every database also has at least one log file. Log files sit outside of filegroup containers and do not follow the same rules as data files. This chapter begins by discussing filegroup strategies that database administrators (DBAs) can adopt before it looks at how DBAs can maintain data and log files.

Data Storage

Before considering which filegroup strategies to adopt, it is important ...

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