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SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster: DBCC Scales 7x Better

SQL Server According to Bob

SQL Server 2016 changes the internal design to (CheckScanner), applying no lock semantics and a design similar to those used with In-Memory Optimized (Hekaton) objects, allowing DBCC operations to scale far better than previous releases. The following chart shows the same 1TB database testing. SQL Server 2016. or newer release.

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SQL 2016 – It Just Runs Faster Announcement

SQL Server According to Bob

SQL Server 2016 ‘It Just Runs Faster’ A bold statement that any SQL Server professional can stand behind with confidence. Try SQL Server 2016 Today. In the Sep 2014 the SQL Server CSS and Development teams performed a deep dive focused on scalability and performance when running on current and new hardware configurations.

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SQL Server On Linux: Forced Unit Access (Fua) Internals

SQL Server According to Bob

Testing shows that by using the Fua bit with the data, write request can reduce the I/O traffic by ~50% for a SQL Server, write-intensive workload. During my investigation, I traced, tested, reviewed, and instrumented the Linux kernel to understand the SQL Server I/O durability needs and associated impacts. Starting with the Linux 4.18

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