SQL is the backbone of SharePoint. And, when SQL is properly configured, SharePoint will perform at its best, assuming the servers are properly sized. We’ll talk about overall sizing recommendations for a farm toward the end of this chapter, taking the SQL server and the SharePoint servers into account.
In the previous four chapters, I spoke about the base build for a basic, least-privileged, SharePoint farm and we looked at the settings that need to, at the very least accompany; or better yet, be incorporated into, an automated build. As part of this, we looked at a build with PowerShell and ...