Hello John Mitchell ,

Thanks for your reply which is confirming what I was thinking especially about LOB and maybe FILESTREAM ( and what about the FileTables ? )

Maybe the creator of the question could tell us the amount of memory he/she used for the tests. My own tests were done with 16 GB , but maybe with 64 or 128 GB ( or more ) , the results should be different. I am retired ( 67 years old ) and so I have not the same necessities about memory or disks or processors than a big company. So my tests may be not reflecting the usual state in the "work" world.

A little general reproach for the creators of this Question of Day : maybe it would be useful to indicate the version(s) of SQL Server which is(are) concerned by the question. It is not the st time I am seeing a possible problem in the "good answer". Even on the forums ( MSDN/TechNet/SQL Server Central ) it is difficult to obtain a full view of his/her SQL Server ( full edition, physical configuration ...).

Have a nice day