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Maintenance in MYSQL when innodb_file_per_table disabled

I have read your post and I completely understand OPTIMIZE TABLE to perform in an environment where innodb_file_per_table is disabled, does not shrink the global ibdata1 tablespace. But what if I ...
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Database design with different user roles connected by different relationships to one organizaiton table

An user is connected to an organization by some role. Lets say there are 2 roles freelancer and employee. One employee can only be a part of one organization and if he is an employee then he can't be ...
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When To Update Statistics?

I've inherited a Maintenance Plans that does the following: Cleanup old data Checks DB integrity Performs Database and Transaction Log Backups Reorganizes Our indexes Updates Statistics Delete old ...
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1answer
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Need advice for a 'tag' table design

My website has different content types. All content types should be tag-able (except if specified in the model, whatever). I can think of 2 options for my design: 2 tables option : 1 table for the ...
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Maintenance Plan Takes Too Long - Locks Tables - Indexing To Blame

System: I have a Maintenance Plan that Rebuilds Indexes for Several Tables (10 tables, 50M records total). Issue: During the Index Rebuild (~20 minutes), we fail to insert data into the DB ...
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Does restarting SQL Server speed it up?

I have noticed that some DBAs restart SQL Server very frequently, sometimes even nightly. I believe they do it to free up some memory, or perhaps to speed up queries too. I know that after a restart ...