Database maintenance is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of SQL Server management. Without regular backups, index optimizations, and integrity checks, performance degrades, and the risk of data loss increases. Thankfully, Ola Hallengren’s SQL Server Maintenance Solution provides a powerful, free, and widely trusted framework to automate these essential tasks.
This step-by-step guide will walk you through setting up and configuring Ola Hallengren’s scripts for backups, index optimization, and integrity checks. Whether you’re a DBA or a developer managing SQL Server databases, this solution simplifies maintenance while ensuring reliability and performance. Let’s dive in!
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Indexing can make or break query performance. Choosing the right index can drastically speed up queries, while the wrong one can drag things down. However, not all indexes serve the same purpose—each type is optimized for specific workloads and scenarios. In this article, you are going to learn when to use heaps, clustered and non-clustered indexes, covering and filtered indexes, or columnstore indexes to optimize performance. Let’s explore how to make indexing work in your favor!
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