• as you will know Tempdb is a special db, available and used by everyone in the instance.

    General usage of tempdb: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190768.aspx

    Great post by Gail Shaw which highlights indexing and how operations spill data to tempdb

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2011/11/07/sql-university-advanced-indexing-sorting-and-grouping/

    another nice usage article : http://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/tempdb-space-usage-in-sql-server.html

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