Mark Rider
ridermark at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 13:02:14 CST 2007
In my experience with this the disk space does not show a difference until the process is well underway, and sometimes not until it is complete. As to how it does what it does, I will leave that to the Gurus on the list! On Nov 29, 2007 12:45 PM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > Does anyone know if this process is done "in place", i.e. if it is similar > to a defrag on a hard disk where the existing file is used and data inside > of the file is simply moved around? Or is the data in the file copied out > into a new file? I started this running and wile it claims to be working > (the little "executing" ring is going round) I do not see any indication > that the available disk space on any system drive is changing. > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- Mark Rider http://dfwmdug.org Don't anthropomorphize computers. They don't like it.