SQLServerCentral Best Practices Clinic: Part 2

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SQLServerCentral Best Practices Clinic: Part 2

Brad McGehee

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April 13, 2011 at 12:00 am

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398679 More actions · Answer 1

Excellent selection on the feedback, Brad. I also like your advice on filegroups and files. It's not something I had considered before, but certainly will going forward. I can't wait to see what else people find.

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Fred Williams-487170 SSC Rookie Points: 25 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks for the article but can you supply some performance measurements to quantify the benefits of making those changes?

Otherwise statements like this:

" Just think of the resource hit (over time) the database took each time it grew, and think of all the physical file fragmentation this has contributed to, further hurting performance."

are just too subjective to really be helpful..

Thanks

Brad McGehee SSCertifiable Points: 5282 More actions · Answer 3

Fred Williams-487170 (4/13/2011)
Thanks for the article but can you supply some performance measurements to quantify the benefits of making those changes?
Otherwise statements like this:
" Just think of the resource hit (over time) the database took each time it grew, and think of all the physical file fragmentation this has contributed to, further hurting performance."
are just too subjective to really be helpful..
Thanks

Since this is after the fact, and the previous data doesn't exist for SSC, I can't tell you the actual performance hit. On the other hand, when I have time, perhaps I can put together a test and write up the results to demonstrate my point.

Brad M. McGehee
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JJ B SSCertifiable Points: 5100 More actions · Answer 4

I like having practical, real-life examples and advice. Much appreciated. Thank you.

Andre Guerreiro SSCertifiable Points: 7319 More actions · Answer 5

Very concise and a great selection of best practices. I will study your advice on filegroups more closely. This is one of those articles that make me keep visiting SQLServerCentral.

Thank you.

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Andre Guerreiro Neto

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JHop34 SSC-Addicted Points: 448 More actions · Answer 6

JJ B (4/13/2011)
I like having practical, real-life examples and advice. Much appreciated. Thank you.

I second this. Thank you!

Peter Trast SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4392 More actions · Answer 7

I have never seen or heard of a best practice for separating system and user objects, although your explanation sounds good on the first read. Is this your own best practice or has Microsoft ever held this point of view? Or have they ever dismissed it? I tend to stay close to best practices until given a reason to do otherwise.

Thanks for another great article! On to the next!

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Brad McGehee SSCertifiable Points: 5282 More actions · Answer 8

Peter Trast (5/11/2011)
I have never seen or heard of a best practice for separating system and user objects, although your explanation sounds good on the first read. Is this your own best practice or has Microsoft ever held this point of view? Or have they ever dismissed it? I tend to stay close to best practices until given a reason to do otherwise.
Thanks for another great article! On to the next!

I have heard many people suggesting this, but it is highly recommended by Kimberly Tripp in her SQL Server Internals Immersion training, which I recently attended. I have not done much experimenting with this, but I intend to do so in the future.

Brad M. McGehee
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