Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server 2012

by Strate, Jason

• ISBN13: 9781430237419
• ISBN10: 1430237414
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-31
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server 2011is a deep dive into perhaps the single-most important facet of good performance: indices, and how to best use them. The book begins in the shallow waters with explanations of the types of indices and how they are stored in databases. Moving deeper into the topic, and further into the book, you will look at the statistics that are accumulated both by indices and on indices. All of this will help you progress towards properly achieving your database performance goals. What you'll learn fromExpert Performance Indexing for SQL Server 2011will help you understand what indices are doing in the database and what can be done to mitigate and improve their effects on performance. The final destination is a guided tour through a number of real-world scenarios and approaches that can be taken to investigate, mitigate, and improve the performance of your database. Defines indices and provides an understanding of their role Uncovers and explains the statistics that are kept in indices Teaches strategies and approaches for indexing databases What you'll learn Fully understand the index types at your disposal Recognize and remove unnecessary indices Review statistics to understand indexing choices made by the optimizer Properly apply strategies such as covering indices, included columns, index intersections, and more Write queries to make good use of the indices already in place Design effective indices for full-text, spatial, and XML data types Manage the big picture: Encompassing all indices in a database, and all database instances on a server Who this book is for Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server 2011is intended for database administrators and developers who are ready to boost the performance of their environments without the need to go in blindly building indices.