Not having instant file initialization turned on slows down the process of adding pages to your database, because prior to allocating the data pages to your database, SQL Server needs to zero out the newly allocated pages.
2018-01-03
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Ability to enable Instant File Initialization during the installation of SQL Server 2016.
2016-05-03
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This article describes a way to speed up various file operations performed by SQL Server.
2014-07-10
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Instant file initialization also has its advantages when you restore a SQLServer database. This article will show you why.
2012-05-21
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In this article we’re going to look at instant file initialization. What it is, why it’s cool and how you can use it in your environments.
2012-04-02
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How to grant Windows privileges to the SQL Server's service account.
2012-02-28
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Or, if you need your results on the same row, then...select sum(case when OrderDate between @DateStart and @DateEnd then Orders else null end) as ThisYearOrders, sum(case when OrderDate between DATEADD(yyyy, -1, @DateStart) and DATEADD(yyyy, -1, @DateEnd) then Orders else null end) as LastYearOrders from dbo.Orders where (OrderDate between @DateStart and @DateEnd) or (OrderDate between DATEADD(yyyy, -1, […]
2005-03-03
I just realized I probably put this in the wrong forum and am re-posting hereI would like to run some sql when a new stored procedure is created in a DB. Is there an easy way to do this. I tried a trigger on the sysobjects table but apparently that is not possible.Thanks
2004-10-06
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I am having a problem moving a bunch of databases between a SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition Instance to SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. I will outline the procedure I am using to migrate the schema (users and data) and then present the errors that I am getting. If ANYONE has any suggestions or can […]
2004-04-09
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IIRC, EM uses DBCC showfilestats to show db statistics on size. Can you post this results? I guess there is nothing to worry about. Frank http://www.insidesql.de http://www.familienzirkus.de
2003-12-12
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