Comments on: A Helpful SQL Server DBA Checklist

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Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:53:53 +0000

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By: Nick Heppleston

Nick Heppleston — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:32:25 +0000

Omer,
Thanks for the feedback, but I wasn’t suggesting it should be used as a replacement for BizTalk specific SQL Server settings, more of a ‘handy to have in your back pocket’ sort of guide. Maybe I should have made that a little clearer!

Cheers, Nick.

By: Omer B

Omer B — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:28:53 +0000

Nick,

I would recommend against using this guide.
It’s better to use Microsoft’s Biztalk guides and not generic Sql server guides.

For example the article recommends to set
Auto Create Statistics: On
Auto Update Statistics: On

In Microsoft guides this setting is recommended to be set to off.

in biztalk DB’s this settings under high loads can be the diffrence between functioning db or not (this happened at my company)

Biztalk has a unique approach to sql, and you need to use it as intended.