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More CPU cores vs faster disks (SQL Server)

I'm part of a small company so as usual covering a number of different roles. The latest of which is procuring a dedicated SQL Server box for our .NET web app. We've been quoted on a dual Xeon E5-2620 ...
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Troubleshooting a SQL Server instance that won't start

I've had a problem with one instance of SQL Server 2008 (the free version) not starting automatically. I always have to right click on the icon in the task bar and start it manually. It is set to ...
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Moving SQL Server to different domain

What are best practices/important steps when the Windows Server machine hosting SQL Server 2008 R2 is moved to another domain? What steps definitely/might need to be done for SQL Server before and ...
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What is a good, repeatable way to calculate MAXDOP on SQL Server?

When setting up a new SQL Server 2012, I use the following code to determine a good starting point for the MAXDOP setting: /* This will recommend a MAXDOP setting appropriate for your machine's ...
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SQL Server Database Mail - Why can't I run an execute against xp_sysmail_activate?

SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard x64 I can't send e-mail from this SQL Server (out of MANY that are configured pretty much identically AFAIK). I have created the mail profile and account. However, any ...
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Length of LOB data (%1) to be replicated exceeds configured maximum %2

We recently hit this error shortly after enabling replication on a table. Length of LOB data (%1) to be replicated exceeds configured maximum %2 I've found solutions to this problem already: ...
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How to compare two SQL Server 2008 configurations

I have a problem with my application that works on my dev SQL Server 2008 (Developer Edition), but not on a production SQL Server 2008. Is there an easy way to export the settings from the production ...
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1answer
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Optimization around static cursor use

I'm currently in-house support for a vendor-supplied application which uses static cursors to crawl through a list of data. I've leaned on the vendor as much as I can to fix their cursor use with no ...
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Why are periodic restarts required to keep my instance performing well?

We've got a production DB server on SQL 2005. Everything runs normally for a while, but after a couple weeks we see a notable performance drop. Only restarting SQL Server brings performance back to ...
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How should I configure the RAID array of SSD drives on my SQL Server?

I'm building a SQL Server with 48 GB RAM, 1 CPU, & 8 SATA III (6GB/s) SSD drives (128 GB Crucial m4) and an LSI MegaRAID controller (SAS 9265-8i). I expect the typical work load to be mostly ...
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On-the-fly query/command modification

I'm responsible for administrating an instance of SQL Server 200x which has the misfortune of serving as a backend to a turnkey application written with a disgusting performance problem. It repeatedly ...
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Reasons for disabling statistics auto update?

I just learned that a client company I work for has decided to keep the auto update statistics options off for some of their SQL Servers, and the DBAs manually troubleshooting performance issues when ...
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SQL Server Optimization/Configuration for Inflexible Application

I'm responsible for overseeing an application which uses SQL Server as its backend storage solution. Unfortunately, the application has no concept of how a RDBMS should be utilized and seems to use it ...
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SQL Server sp_configure options?

Does anybody know where I can find a list of all the parameter options for sp_configure? It isn't really jumping out at me when I search online for possible variations and the capabilities of ...
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How to change SQL sever configuration manager settings using TSQL?

SQL server configuration manager is used to configure certain settings like connection protocols, service start up, etc... Is it possible to make these changes that is done in SQL server ...
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1answer
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Make SqlClient default to ARITHABORT ON

First things first: I'm using MS SQL Server 2008 with a database at compatibility level 80, and connecting to it with .Net's System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection. For performance reasons I've created ...
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SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager - “Navigation to the webpage was canceled” error when trying to design a table

While working in SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager on a remote server today, I wanted to look at a table's columns, so I found the table, right-clicked on it and selected "Design Table". Instead ...