Andrew has my advice, though if you're not sure, take a guess. Don't leave it at 1MB. I might go for 10% of largest main db size as a...

I'll give this paper as a reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692366.aspx

Like everything else, this has some level of tradeoff on how you do it. I like VMs since they're easier to move to...

Some info here: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic484784-146-1.aspx

I'd agree with the above. Use the Export wizard or Import Wizard to get a base package.

It's likely a filter change on your end. We added a DKIM flag, required by some large ISPs

This is definitely a place where the OS and SQL should align the partitions and align the cluster/page size when you create a DB as well.

I'd do what Gus has listed.

I suspected no assignment, but I had these visions of C where = means something happens.

Some options:

http://www.replicationanswers.com/Transactional.asp

I'm not sure that I think multi-instancing is better than VMs. First you can't balance memory easily with instances. VMs allow you to more easily move memory around. That may...

URL for the paper: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692366.aspx

Every manufacturer has a series of horror stories from a particular person. My wife got a new Dell Lattitude late last year, a friend got one as well, both...

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SQL Server hasn't always been 8k. When it was ported/based on Sybase, it was 2K pages that we dealt with. I believe v7 jumped to the 8k pages, which was...

Thanks for the update. A good reason to keep up on those SPs.