In continuation to the SQL Server 2005 - adhoc script to perform backup, restore and integrity checks/optimization jobs without Database Maintenance plans? blog and scripts by Ola Hallengren, I presume they are very useful for the DBAs who are looking to handle these important tasks in hand with the...

As a DBA you might be aware that since SQL Server 2005 database maintenace plans have given flexibility in deploying the workflow of tasks required to make sure that your database is optimized, is regularly backed up, and is free of inconsistencies in addition to the avoiding the fragmentation on indexes...

How can you calculate size of an index in a database whenever a capacity planning exercise if performed? By default the size allocated for each user objects depends on the user application and on the amount of space that is created by the application for user-defined tables, global and local temporary...

Recently I have been stumped by not cliaming unused space correctly even though after delete handful of rows on a table. You may be aware using SP_SPACEUSED will get you details such as : Column name Data type Description database_name nvarchar(128) Name of the current database. database_size varchar...