In my earlier post, we have seen what Database Snapshots are, and how the Database Snapshots are maintained by the SQL Server Database Engine. In this post we will see how the data and index pages, belonging to the Snapshot, are managed in the Buffer Pool. Before we start drilling down further, let me...

In this post, we will explore the internals of Database Snapshot. Most of this information is already available in the Internet, in the posts authored by the SQL Server Development Team and the CSS Escalation Team; however, through this post we will attempt to consolidate all of these information for...

Assume that I have a database in Bulk Logged Recovery Model, and I perform a bulk operation that is minimally logged. Now, if I take a Log Backup, should not my Log Backup File Size be smaller than if I had performed the same operation in Full Recovery Model? I have seen many people confused by this...

This post is again in response to requests from customers who want to know how to configure Database Mirroring between instances of SQL Server 2005 in a WORKGROUP. As you might have noticed, while configuring Database Mirroring using the GUI, it requires us to enter FQDNs of the servers; hence using...