• Just remember that if you have a clustered index that is not unique, then SQL Server makes it unique through an internal process called a uniquifier. It's additional storage and maintenance overhead. Since you're saying this is a high volume part of your system, having that non-unique cluster might be an issue. Just something else to consider.

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