Couple of nasty FILESTREAM bugs fixed in 2008 RTM CU1
Cumulative Update 1 for SQL 2008 RTM contains fixes for two nasty FILESTREAM bugs (among a lot of other bug fixes). The first one concerns restoring a 2008 database from a series of log backups when...
View ArticleTechNet Magazine: April 2009 SQL Q&A column
The April edition of TechNet Magazine is available on the web now and has the latest installment of my regular SQL Q&A column. This month's topics are: Disappearing errors with DBCC CHECKDB...
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FILESTREAM directory structure
After writing the FILESTREAM whitepaper for Microsoft, I’ve had lots of questions about the structure of the FILESTREAM data container. The FILESTREAM data container is the technical term for the NTFS...
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FILESTREAM directory structure – where do the GUIDs come from?
I’m teaching the Microsoft Certified Masters – Database qualification this week here in Redmond, and in part of day one I discuss the FILESTREAM directory structure. I was asked the question where do...
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FILESTREAM garbage collection
In my previous posts on FILESTREAM I discussed the directory structure of the FILESTREAM data container and how to map the directories to database tables and columns. In this post I’m going to explain...
View ArticleMisconceptions around FILESTREAM storage
This short post is prompted by a question that came in through Twitter – I *knew* it was worth joining and spending time on it (http://twitter.com/PaulRandal). The (paraphrased) question is "can...
View ArticleWhat is FSAgent.exe and why does it have lots of waits?
Another quickie today. If you're using Activity Monitor in SQL Server 2008, or Performance Data Collection with the Server Activity system data collection set, then you may see a constant, and large...
View ArticleA SQL Server DBA myth a day: (18/30) FILESTREAM storage, garbage collection,...
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View ArticleThe Curious Case of… copying FILESTREAM files between tables
(The Curious Case of… used to be part of our bi-weekly newsletter but we decided to make it a regular blog post instead so it can sometimes be more frequent. It covers something interesting one of us...
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The Curious Case of… how to find FILESTREAM info from an MDF
(The Curious Case of… used to be part of our bi-weekly newsletter but we decided to make it a regular blog post instead so it can sometimes be more frequent. It covers something interesting one of us...
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