List all tables in a SQL Server database with the details of them.  Read more...

In this article, we'll tackle the topic of monitoring disk space usage. By tracking how much is in use and how much is still available, over time we'll have the data we need for better capacity planning, and can ensure that a database won't ever run out of disk space.  Read more...

Should you think about using SSD storage in your SQL Server databases? Steve Jones thinks this might be something you should consider.  Read more...

Row counts and storage space information for all tables in the database. (SQL Server 2005).  Read more...

Shared Consolidated Storage Systems – A Brief History Hey, “Shared Consolidated Storage Systems” did you just make that up? Why yes, yes...  Read more...

Data grows constantly and the size of some of our databases seems to have no end in sight. Steve Jones notes that we might just want to compress everything, just to keep up.  Read more...

Even if you are not an infrastructure guy a good grasp of storage basics will stand you in good stead  Read more...

In previous articles, we have covered the system bus, host bus adapters, and disk drives. Now we will move up...  Read more...

We have covered the Hard Disk and the System Bus. This time around we will cover disk controllers and host...  Read more...

We often take the advice given to us on forums or in articles at face value. Even though the authors...  Read more...

  Your servers are only as fast as the slowest part, hard drives. To feed other parts of the system we have...  Read more...

An in-depth analysis on how to store IPv4 addresses to achieve maximum efficiency and performance in both storage and queries  Read more...

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1100 largest indexes by total buffer cache usage; 100 largest tables by total reserved pages; Largest tables in each database with running total of space usage and growth since last snapshot  Read more...

Grows all of the data files in a database based on the greater of a fixed minimum free space amount or a dynamic percentage of the size of the largest table in the filegroup.  Read more...

Grows all of the data files in a database based on the greater of a fixed minimum free space amount or a dynamic percentage of the size of the largest table in the filegroup.  Read more...

Grows all of the data files in a database based on the greater of a fixed minimum free space amount or a dynamic percentage of the size of the largest table in the filegroup.  Read more...

Grows all of the data files in a database based on the greater of a fixed minimum free space amount or a dynamic percentage of the size of the largest table in the filegroup.  Read more...

Records snapshots of space usage & buffer cache usage stats by partition, index, table, schema, filegroup, & database. Stats incl Reserved, Used, Data, buffer cache for row, lob, & overflow.  Read more...

Records snapshots of space usage stats by partition, index, table, schema, filegroup, and database. Stats include Reserved, Used, and Data for row, lob, and overflow.  Read more...