{"id":555,"date":"2011-07-04T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/Survey-do-you-use-database-snapshots.aspx"},"modified":"2013-09-08T05:24:28","modified_gmt":"2013-09-08T12:24:28","slug":"survey-do-you-use-database-snapshots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/survey-do-you-use-database-snapshots\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey: do you use database snapshots?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: small;\">As I was writing a quick SQL Server Magazine <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/sqlmag.com\/blog\/surprising-memory-usage-database-snapshots\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: small;\">blog post<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: small;\"> on database snapshots while waiting for my coffee to brew, I figured it would make an interesting survey to see whether people are making use of database snapshots at all. I don&#8217;t expect to see much activity on this until tomorrow as it&#8217;s July 4th here in the USA. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: small;\">Note: As Books Online says: don&#8217;t get database snapshots confused with snapshot isolation, snapshot replication, or snapshot backups. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;\"><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nem24_survey_x = \"eb1b45e7-9326-4d8c-af45-3238734876d2\";\nem24_survey_width = \"255\";\nem24_survey_height = \"355\";\nem24_styles = \".em24_s {border:solid 1px #626A84; width:250px;} .em24_s td {font-size:12px;} .em24_q {background:#798BC6; color:#ffffff;} .em24_ai0, .em24_at0 {background:#E7F3FF; border-top:1px solid #B3C7D9;} .em24_ai1, .em24_at1 {background:#E3F7DE; border-top:1px solid #B3C7D9;} .em24_v {background:#798BC6}\";\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/my.surveypopups.com\/show\/si.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ll report on the results in a few weeks or so. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: small;\">Thanks! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I was writing a quick SQL Server Magazine blog post on database snapshots while waiting for my coffee to brew, I figured it would make an interesting survey to see whether people are making use of database snapshots at all. 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