Chapter 16. Architecture Features

by Mark Spenik

IN THIS CHAPTER

  • SQL Server Thread Scheduling

  • Disk I/O and Data Management

  • Multiple Database Instances

  • Federated Database Servers

  • Other Enhancements

SQL Server 7.0 was a major rewrite of previous versions of SQL Server and is the foundation for SQL Server 2000 along with some enhancements such as XML, multiple instances, and federated database servers. This chapter focuses on some of the SQL Server internals that have not been discussed in detail in previous chapters. Most of these features changed very little from SQL Server 7.0 to SQL Server 2000, but the changes compared between previous versions and SQL Server 7.0 and SQL Server 2000 are stark. To highlight the improved architecture for reliability ...

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