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  • What advantages is there to moving indexes to a separate drive? What raid would you use?

    How do you estimate the size of a table?

    What is the process that an Insert statement goes through?

  • testers (6/10/2011)


    What advantages is there to moving indexes to a separate drive? What raid would you use?

    Advantages - can help to spread the IO across separate physical volumes. I would use the same RAID as the volume that contains the data.

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  • testers (6/10/2011)


    What advantages is there to moving indexes to a separate drive? What raid would you use?

    How do you estimate the size of a table?

    What is the process that an Insert statement goes through?

    These are pretty disparate questions. What are you trying to do? We can probably help you more if we know what's driving these.


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  • they are just general interview questions.

  • testers (6/10/2011)


    they are just general interview questions.

    So I figured. Since I won't let you use my knowledge and hard work to get yourself a job, I'll lend you a hand figuring out what you need to go research.

    1) Go look into filegroups.

    2) Look into the system views.

    3) That's a deep and long subject to know end to end and you'd be better off picking up a book or two. However, as a starting point, look into explicit and implicit transactions, locks and escalation, blocking, page and extent usage, and page splits.


    - Craig Farrell

    Never stop learning, even if it hurts. Ego bruises are practically mandatory as you learn unless you've never risked enough to make a mistake.

    For better assistance in answering your questions[/url] | Forum Netiquette
    For index/tuning help, follow these directions.[/url] |Tally Tables[/url]

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  • testers (6/10/2011)


    they are just general interview questions.

    Thanks for your honesty. Those are the types of things that you should learn through research and experience. You really should dive into SQL server and see if you can figure out these answers.

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
    _______________________________________________
    I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
    SQL RNNR
    Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
    Learn Extended Events

  • thanks for the help

  • are we deleting posts off my topic?

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