The most important performance-tuning technique available is having the needed indexes created on the tables to ensure that the SQL Server database engine is able to get the data that it needs to ...

Non-clustered Columnstore Indexes are also getting some enhancements in SQL Server 2016. The most notable of these enhancements is the ability to be updated.

New for SQL Server 2016 is the ability to place a Columnstore Index on an In-Memory Table.

Database Maintenance Tasks in SSIS Tools for keeping your SQL indexes in check. By Eric Johnson 05/10/2010 Do you have a large data import that leaves your indexes less than perfect?

I wanted to get some suggestions for scheduled maintenace on a SQL Server 2000 box that is hosting a relatively small database ( ...

Indexing is a critical part of database optimization. Indexing can dramatically increase query speed. However, DBAs still struggle with finding optimal indexes or optimal SQL plans. DBTA held a ...

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