Why is the VLF count ballooning on me
Hi all, I have a database in full recovery mode, with a log backup every 15 minutes. This is set to 8GB starting size and I allow autogrowth of 8GB steps in case the log file fills up. The initial 8GB...
View ArticleWhat should an "accidental" DBA know about VLFs?
For example, Should VLFs be checked often or is this only a "set it and forget it" issue if you get the configurations set well? How many are too many? It depends on ? Has there been a correction for...
View ArticleIs the VLF performance issues solved in SQL 2008 and later?
Read more about the issue at [http://www.sqlskills.com/BLOGS/KIMBERLY/post/Transaction-Log-VLFs-too-many-or-too-few.aspx][1] At my current client I have seen some databases (like ReportServer database)...
View ArticleToo many VLFs?
According to Kimberly Tripp (see this blog) a SQL Server is running slower than necessary, when there are too many VLFs in the transaction log. How much improvement will I see on average, if I follow...
View Articlehow to reduce VLF over 1000+
Anyone have suggestion to reduce VLF over 1000+? For databases over 100GB in data file is it normal to have that number of VLF. What are the steps to reduce the number of VLF and avoid errors like Log...
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