• Same hardware?

    Same load?

    Same amount of data?

    Same schema?

    Can you post the actual execution plans rather than the estimated please. There's a lot of info that isn't in the estimated plans.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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