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TSQLMan
Posting Yak Master
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 Posted - 2004-03-04 : 09:02:27
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| Any reccomendations as to the target percentage for Free Space?I have a 8GB Database, that adds 7 to 9 MB of "Data" on a daily basis. |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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Posted - 2004-03-04 : 12:25:13
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| 10% is the default. I rarely change it. The times that I do is because the amount of data added is so small and the database is very large, so 10% is a whole lot when it doesn't need that much for a while.10% of 8GB is 800MB. So it'll take 100 days for it to use all of it. 5% might be better if you need the disk space for something else. If you don't, just use 10%.Tara |
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TSQLMan
Posting Yak Master
160 Posts |
Posted - 2004-03-04 : 13:10:30
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| Thank you Tara!If it is good enough for your multi terabyte databases it must be good enough for my 8GB Database. |
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