Overview/Description SQL Server 2008 R2 offers the use of partitions to manage subsets of data for large tables and indexes. Partitions can be used to improve the read/write performance on tables within a database by allowing the data within tables to be spread across multiple filegroups, whereas standard tables must be contained within a single filegroup. Data that is stored within partitions is treated as a logical entity, and the partitioned tables and indexes support the same properties as a standard table. SQL Server 2008 R2 allows views to be partitioned, which joins data from multiple...

Overview/Description SQL Server 2008 R2 provides table and index partitioning to allow data to be stored across multiple filegroups within a database. This makes tables and indexes that contain large amounts of data more manageable. Partitions in the database may need to be split to allow for more data to be stored, or data from one partition may need to be moved to another partition. SQL Server 2008 R2 provides Transact-SQL statements to ensure that administrators can perform these tasks to manage the table partitions. SQL Server also provides data compression at the table row and page level...

Overview/Description To keep SQL Server 2008 R2 databases running as efficiently as possible, administrators use a variety of performance tuning and monitoring tools. The SQL Server Profiler enables administrators to use trace files and logs to analyze a database's performance. They can also use the Windows System Monitor to monitor SQL Server 2008 R2 using counters, which monitor specific aspects of the server for performance issues. SQL Server 2008 R2 includes the Activity Monitor, which provides an overview of the system's performance in real-time. And the Database Engine Tuning Advisor...

Overview/Description SQL Server 2008 R2 provides several key features that improve the availability of servers and databases so that downtime for users is minimized. These solutions include database mirroring, log shipping, replication, and failover clusters. These reliability features help administrators maintain multiple sets of data that help ensure that critical systems remain accessible, and can be fully recovered in the event of a disaster. This course addresses how to configure database mirroring, log shipping, replication, and failover clusters to ensure that SQL Server 2008 R2...