• jjturner (3/26/2014)


    Now I’m guessing that with Instant File Initialization turned on, it may simply be allocating the new space rather than going the extra step of 0-filling. Time to go back and test that one..

    Correct, providing it's a data file. Log files are always zdero-initiaised.

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