[dba-SQLServer] tempdb for JC

Interesting!

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Michael Maddison wrote:
> Hi John,
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> Came across a discussion on tempdb that may be useful for your upgrade.
> I've never consider multiple files for tempdb, never needed to....
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> Cheers
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> Michael
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> 'Create as many files as needed to maximize disk bandwidth. Using
> multiple files reduces tempdb storage contention and yields
> significantly better scalability. However, do not create too many files
> because this can reduce performance and increase management overhead. As
> a general guideline, create one data file for each CPU on the server
> (accounting for any affinity mask
> <http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187104.aspx>  settings)
> and then adjust the number of files up or down as necessary. Note that a
> dual-core CPU is considered to be two CPUs.'
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> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175527.aspx
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