November 2012
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
17h 2m
English
book
Professional SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting
by Christian Bolton, James Rowland-Jones, Glenn Berry, Justin Langford, Gavin Payne, Amit Banerjee
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Chapter 8
Knowing Tempdb
WHAT’S IN THIS CHAPTER?
- How SQL Server uses tempdb for internal and user-created temporary objects
- Avoiding and troubleshooting common tempdb issues
- How to monitor and tune tempdb performance
- Using configuration best practices to increase the performance and availability of tempdb
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INTRODUCTION
This chapter is about the system database called tempdb, which is used for storing temporary objects and has been a key component of SQL Server since its inception. Beginning with SQL Server 2005, however, the role of tempdb has been brought to the forefront with a plethora of new features and optimizations that depend on temporary objects.
All these features have increased the visibility and requirement for good tempdb performance, which is why we have dedicated a full chapter to a thorough grounding in what it is used for, how to troubleshoot issues, and how it should be configured.
The first section looks at what makes tempdb special, which SQL Server components use it, and specifically how it is used. The next section covers common issues and how to troubleshoot them, which sets the scene for the configuration recommendations that follow. Finally, you’ll find an especially useful best ...
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