tempdb

SQL Server 2016 : tempdb database enhancements in CTP 2.4

The new CTP 2.4 has been released and announced by Microsoft in its blog post a couple of days ago. During my investigation, I noticed some new  installer capabilities about the tempdb database. As a reminder,(…)

SQL Server 2016 CTP2 : first thoughts about tempdb database

In my first blog about SQL Server 2016, I noticed during the SQL Server installation process that we are able to configure the number of files for tempdb. This is surely a great improvement(…)

When tempdb database may cause indirect issues

A couple of weeks ago, I had an interesting discussion with one of my friend that faced a weird issue with a SQL Server instance that lacked worker threads. Because I can’t use his own information I decided to reproduce(…)

Tempdb enhancements with SQL Server 2014

SQL Server 2014 is definitively designed for performance and I will try to demonstrate it during this blog post. I like to talk about hidden performance features because generally it does not require any changes for applications unlike in-memory(…)