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Feb 16 2009   8:58AM GMT

Optimal Database Setup Hardware Guide



Posted by: Denny Cherry
Article, enterpriseitplanet.com, Server Hardware

A little while back I published an article on Enterprise IT Planet called “Optimal Database Setup Hardware Guide“.  In this article I talk about some key points that should be looked at when building a new SQL Server.

Denny

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SuperCoolMoss  |   Feb 16, 2009  1:13 PM (GMT)

Hello,

Is splitting out the indexes onto on a separate lun/drive preferable to just spreading the database proportionally over two luns/drives?

Regards,

SCM


 

mrdenny  |   Feb 16, 2009  7:12 PM (GMT)

SCM,
Yes it is. Access to the indexes will often happen at different times than access to the row data, and if your queries are setup correctly you’ll be mostly writing to the database, while reading from the indexes so you’ll want to have this data broken up onto two different database files each on there own separate LUN.

Denny