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  • RE: Disk configuration

    Perry Whittle (6/26/2012)


    Scott i don't disagree with you, we know that multiple arrays are ideal but all we're saying is in this case you have to go for something a...

  • RE: Disk configuration

    As I understand it having database files stored across two arrays (data on one array, logs on the other) gives us a better chance of recovering to the point immediately...

  • RE: Disk configuration

    You lose the db as it exists if a RAID1 fails, but if you place the files properly on the two RAID1s, the db can be fully recovered, which would...

  • RE: trouble with CASE statement

    You can also use a structure like this:

    WHERE 1 = CASE

    WHEN @var = A AND [column] IN (A, B) THEN 1

    WHEN [column]...

  • RE: Disk configuration

    You're more likely to lose a complete RAID1 mirror, than you are 3 drives out of a 4 disk RAID10 array

    OK, but it's not the odds against losing it, it's...

  • RE: Disk configuration

    My concern with one big RAID10 is again "survivability". If you do somehow lose the (4-drive) RAID 10 here, all the dbs are also lost.

    With two RAID1s, you can...

  • RE: Disk configuration

    With RAID1 you lose spindle aggregation - such that it is with just 4 drives in the RAID10.

    Even with my specified condition of:

    database filegroups with two files, one on each...

  • RE: Disk configuration

    agree on the whole but you would almost certainly notice some performance degradation whilst the RAID1 or 5 array is being rebuilt.

    True, but RAID1 with a good controller should not...

  • RE: Temp Tables

    The author clearly meant #2. Most of us were reading #1. The wording is definitely ambiguous.

    I suppose it's somewhat ambiguous.

    But #2 is so illogical and extreme given everything...

  • RE: Disk configuration

    Being a DBA, I'm as concerned with recoverability/"livability" as with speed.

    Having all your data and log files on one RAID5 provides no inherent recovery capability. Are the SQL trans...

  • RE: Temp Tables

    2. A Table Variable can have primary keys and indexes defined

    Baloney.

    "Defined" is inherently an action, not a state.

    You cannot "define an index" on a table variable in SQL Server.

    If the...

  • RE: Temp Tables

    When read literally, today's question is simple and straightforward.

    Quite true. The second part is clearly false, since "When [you are] dealing with table variables, ...", you cannot define indexes...

  • RE: Temp Tables

    If that is the case, are there any advantages to using a table variable over a temp table? ...

    Is there actually any advantage over using a session scoped temp table?

    AFAIK,...

  • RE: Temp Tables

    "A Table Variable can have primary keys and indexes defined." I don't see the word "you" in there. Can indexes be defined on a table variable? Well, they can exist,...

  • RE: Comparison Across Columns

    Computed columns are generally very efficient.

    Also, they keep the column name the same for everyone -- CTEs get re-coded and so the column names can vary greatly from one piece...

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