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Why and How You Should Find and Fix Index Fragmentation

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Overview In a high-volume database you need frequent critical maintenance. If you skip this important task, index fragmentation may cause wasted space, inefficient I/O and poor performance.

In this new Quest Software white paper, learn exactly what index fragmentation is, how it occurs, how to find it and what to do to fix it. Get peak performance out of your SQL Server environment. Read the white paper today.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Quest Software	File Format	HTML & PDF
Date Published	August 2009
Format	White Papers
Topics	Knowledge and Data Management, Back-up, Storage Management, Hard Drives, High Performance Computing

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