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Should We Defragment Indexes?SQLBits 20232023-03-14
Argues that external fragmentation can make defragmenting counterproductive: rebuilding or reordering pages often concentrates them onto a single capacity…
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Should We Defragment Indexes?SQLBits 20222022-03-08
Argues that defragmenting indexes can harm throughput on VM/cloud storage because forcing pages into sequential order concentrates them on a single capacity…
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Stop Indexing the QuerySQLBits 20222022-03-08
Methodology identifies low‑ROI queries by computing logical and physical reads divided by rows desired and reads to rows > 8 filters the worst candidates, then…
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Should We Defragment Indexes?SQLBits 20192019-02-27
Argues that defragmenting indexes for external fragmentation can hurt throughput on VM/hypervisor storage that uses an SSD cache fronting capacity devices…
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Stop Indexing the QuerySQLBits 20192019-02-27
Methodology scores queries by an inefficiency score = (logical + physical reads) / rows × execution count, then groups statements by table and ranks them…
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