All system databases, except the resource database, can be moved to new locations to help balance I/O load. To move the msdb, model, and tempdb databases, perform the following steps: For each file to be moved, execute the ALTER DATABASE … MODIFY FILE statement. Stop the instance of SQL Server. Move the files to the … Continue reading Moving the msdb, model, and tempdb databases files
Locks everywhere
In this post I'm going to talk about locks on SQL Server. Locks are necessary, they are used in all operations in the database. Don't get confused about blocking, locking and blocking are totally different. When we talk about lock, doing something in the database, like an update and select though will cause a type … Continue reading Locks everywhere
Simple way to understand transaction isolation levels
I was talking with a friend about how a database works and she asked me to explain transaction isolation levels to her. So let's try... My first intent was to create an analogy with something simple, for example, a book. Two people trying to read/write on the same book. They can read at the same … Continue reading Simple way to understand transaction isolation levels
What the Checkpoint does?
Checkpoints flush dirty data pages from the buffer cache of the current database to disk. This minimizes the active portion of the log that must be processed during a full recovery of a database. During a full recovery, the following types of actions are performed: The log records of modifications not flushed to disk before … Continue reading What the Checkpoint does?
VLF (Virtual Log Files)
To see how many VLFs you have solely look at the number of rows returned by DBCC LOGINFO. The size and number of VLFs you'll have depends largely on the size that the chunk is when it's added to you transaction log. There is no general rule how to determine the best values for the … Continue reading VLF (Virtual Log Files)
SQL Operations Studio Linux
Great news, a visual way to manage SQL Server from Linux. SQL Operations Studio came to fill a gap we were waiting to develop and manage SQL Server databases on Linux. In the link https://github.com/Microsoft/sqlopsstudio we can see more information like the features below. Feature Highlights Cross-Platform DB management for Windows, macOS and Linux with … Continue reading SQL Operations Studio Linux
Storage – Part II
Logical Structures How, where, when you need to think in data storage? Well, this is the first step after you modeling your database and most companies do not think about it, I have saw companies with a large data into one disk or small data separated in the wrong way, but what is the best to do? We have … Continue reading Storage – Part II
