In the previous episode we discussed the basics of using indexes, what they are, how to use them, along with some common problems and solutions. One of the problems you will certainly face as time passes is index fragmentation. While indexes will certainly help your database perform well, they do require care and feeding--meaning there is some administrative overhead.
In this episode, we continue our conversation with Randolph West and discuss what we can do to take care of indexes and keep them well maintained over time. There is an option to use default maintenance plans and to do fragmentation and updating statistics, but should you use them? What are the alternatives? We didn’t forget to consider strategies for deciding which indexes to keep and which can be dropped.
The shownotes for today’s episode is found at http://sqldatapartners.com/2017/02/08/episode-82-indexes-part-2/ and have fun on the SQL trail.
Episode 136: Devops with Visual Studio
Episode 135: Seinfeld Episode
Episode 134: CosmosDB
Episode 133: Shrinking Files
Episode 132: What technologists can learn from superheroes
Episode 131: Big Data Solutions in the Cloud
Episode 130: Use Case for PowerShell
Episode 129: Graph Databases
Episode 128: Database Doing DevOps
Episode 127: Developing in the database
Episode 126: SQLSaturday Edition
Episode 125: You must be an engineer
Episode 124: Beyond the runbook; DR Organization
Episode 123: Top 5 things to know when getting admin access
Episode 122: Isolation Levels
Episode 121: What makes a good manager?
Episode 120: SQL Injection
Episode 119: Getting started with GitHub
Episode 118: How has index maintenance changed?
Episode 117: PASS Summit Retrospective
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Insight Story: Tech Trends Unpacked
Zero-Shot
Fast Forward by Tomorrow Unlocked: Tech past, tech future
The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot
Lex Fridman Podcast