We have recently been looking at database fragmentation for real usage of the "Oslo" repository. However, since database fragmentation is a major cause of poor performance I thought a discussion of how to minimize and deal with database fragmentation in SQL Server might be generally useful....

Now that the codename "Oslo" repository is public I can discuss its architecture and design. In this post, I discuss how I like to start the design process for a new product and the design tenets for the "Oslo" Repository....