HOUR 23. Configuring, Maintaining, and Tuning SQL Server
The most attractive application can be extremely frustrating to use if its performance is less than acceptable. As a developer, you must take precautions to try to ensure that the SQL Server is as lean and efficient as possible. In this hour you’ll learn about:
• How to select and tune your hardware
• How to configure and tune SQL Server
• How to maintain your databases
• How to maintain your tables and other objects
Selecting and Tuning Hardware
Your choice of hardware can greatly affect the performance of your server. Areas of particular concern are the amount of memory, processor speed, and hard disk configuration. The network architecture is also an important factor. The sections ...
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