How long since you ran DBCC CHECKDB?
If you’re not regularly looking for corrupt databases with DBCC CHECKDB, you’re putting your organization’s data at risk. I run DBCC CHECKDB once per day, or as is reasonably possible. Typically, DBCC CHECKDB is setup…
Index reorg/rebuild script
Index fragmentation may be causing more I/O than necessary for efficient query processing. Fragmentation occurs as a result of inserting items into the middle of the index instead of appending them to the end. Inserting…
Modify device path for multiple Backup Devices
Backup Devices provide a nice way to permanently configure the backup location, enabling BACKUP DATABASE to look like:
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When you create a Backup Device, you specify the physical location where backups will actually be…
Statistics update job
SQL Server statistics are extremely important for good query performance since they provide invaluable guidelines that allow the query optimizer to pick an optimal plan. Out-of-date or non-existent statistics objects can cause excessive I/O, poor…
How can I automate statistics management?
Occasionally, it can be beneficial to turn off AUTO_CREATE_STATISTICS and AUTO_UPDATE_STATISTICS, and manage these items yourself. I’ve created the following stored procedure, which lives in master to allow it to be called from the context…