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  • i read the foll. article of Brad McGehee

    http://www.sql-server-performance.com/articles/audit/2005_database_configuration_p2.aspx

    here in Page_Verify part he has said that

    if page_verify option is

    None - least protection but Performance is highest - AGREE

    CHECKSUM -best tradeoff in protection and performance.

    Torn_Page_Detection- best protection, but the least performanc

    Here the question is in highlighted options Torn_Page_Detection gives least performance. is that true?

    i think Torn_Page_Detection gives more performance than checksum.

    what are ur opinions?

    Sanket Ahir
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  • I think I would swap the descriptions between checksum and torn page detection.

    reference:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa337525.aspx

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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  • Brad is normally very good, but I think he got this one back to front. CHECKSUM checks every bit on the page and creates the checksum, written to the page header. Hence you take a performance hit, but if a single bit changes you will pick it up.

    Torn_Page_Detection only tracks that the pages follow on one after the other correctly. It's fairly efficient, but doesn't provide a lot of protection.

    Leo

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  • Leo.Miller (5/20/2010)


    Brad is normally very good

    Agreed. It is good to verify what one says because people do occasionally make mistakes.

    Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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