One of the best SQL Server Index Internals: A Deep Dive

its from Tim Chapman, one of the best index internal presentation

I will try to highlight the things he talk through this presentation

Indexes

  • Clustered vs Non clustered and filtered indexes
  • Non clustered indexes and include column effect on index structure
  • Heap
  • Heap vs Clustered
  • Various DMV utilization to understand index internals
  • How to detect fragmentation
  • Logical fragmentation and effects on query perfromance
  • Page splits , Page density, page fullness

Statistics

  • How to view statistics
  • Effect of statistics on query performance
  • effect of stats from index rebuild and reorg

Log usage

  • Index rebuild vs reorg
  • Log usage for Index rebuilds and reorganize

Over all must watch

 

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