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sqlmjkm
Starting Member
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 Posted - 2014-02-27 : 08:33:55
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| Hello. When doing a shrink database - Under "Available free space" - What percentage % free would you say is in the danger zone? What are the ranges you think are acceptable and at what % will we start to see performance issues.Also... is there documentation on this anywhere?Thank you! |
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djj55
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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Posted - 2014-02-27 : 11:14:06
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| It depends on the data. Do you have a lot of inserts? Performance may be hurt if the database needs more room and expands often.djj |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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Posted - 2014-03-02 : 18:30:03
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| Only do a shrink when you know you don't need that extra space for a very long time. When I do shrink a database, I leave at least 10% of free space but typically 20%. I do not shrink just because I have more than 20%. I shrink only on rare occasions, such as when we do a massive delete and need that space for some other database. % has nothing to do with performance except as djj55 mentions regarding having to expand the file. Tara KizerSQL Server MVP since 2007http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/ |
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