Assist Please!

  • Hello there!

    FYI, I am quite new to SQL Server, so please bear with me.

    Problem:

    Due to heavy processing I have a tempdb database that is growing very large and is using up all the disk space on one of my drives. Would it be ok to temporarily add a secondary data file to the tempdb database? I am saying temporarily because the drive I would be adding the secondary data file to is connected to our NAS and needs to be disconnected soon. This means I would have to delete the secondary data file come that time. Is it ok to do this?

    Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

    Brandt

     

  • Brandt,

    Here's one of those times when the standard "the answer you're looking for is in BOL" is probably the best answer.  But I don't want you to think I'm not trying to help.  Type in tempdb in the Index tab of BOL, when you click that you will see a category for Expanding a Database.  I read through the topic and I believe the answer you're looking for is there.  Although I've never done what your asking for, from what I read I think you can do it. It looks like the only caveat is you have to add the file to the default file group, you can't create a user file group for tempdb.  Hope this helps and good luck.  Let me know how this turns out.

    Mark

  • Hi Brandt

    Try this link for some alternatives:

    http://www.sql-server-performance.com/tempdb.asp

     

    Cath

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