Well, we’re just back from vacation (photo blog post to follow) and I’ve heard that the feature article on Effective Database Maintenance I wrote for the August issue of TechNet Magazine is live on the web. It also includes a 5 minute long screencast I recorded where I demo the effect of database shrink on index fragmentation. You can get to the article at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc671165.aspx. The topics covered are: It’s written around 2-300 level and presents a good overview (well, at least I think so :-)) of the concepts involved. Also, the August SQL Q&A column is available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc671180(TechNet.10).aspx. This month’s topics on the web (more in the print magazine) are: Enjoy!
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The Curious Case of… no buffer pool memory and no OS memory available
Jonathan had a client issue recently where SQL Server’s buffer pool had been forced down to a ridiculously small size, only a few hundred MB,