Chapter 7. Configuring and Tuning SQL Server

by Mark Spenik

IN THIS CHAPTER

  • Configuring SQL Server

  • SQL Server 2000 Self-Tuning Features

  • Configuration Parameters

  • Advanced Configuration Parameters

  • Configuration FAQ

You now have SQL Server installed and running. Maybe you are about to roll out your first production database and your boss is breathing down your neck asking, “Mister (or Madam) DBA, have you tuned and optimized the server?” You tell your boss no, but tuning and optimizing SQL Server was next on your list. You bring up the SQL Enterprise Manager. You stare at the Enterprise Manager configuration screen and ask yourself, “So, which knobs do I turn?” How about very few (maybe none), which in many organizations will be the case! Remember the ...

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