Delete data from large msdb database

• obtllc

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  March 9, 2010 at 2:34 pm

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  My msdb database is almost 30 GB and I am having difficulty deleting old history files. It is taking forever.

  I got the sp_DeleteBackupHistory procedure from the forum, and it too is taking a long time to delete the data

  Here are the row counts of the tables:

  backupset12271157

  backupmediaset12263875

  backupmediafamily12251622

  backupfile1869831

  Is there a faster way to delete the data from the tables?

  Thanks

• Jeff Moden

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  March 9, 2010 at 7:54 pm

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  See the following:

  http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic187917-5-1.aspx

  --Jeff Moden

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  First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
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• Bhuvnesh

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  March 10, 2010 at 3:42 am

  #1131243

  Jeff Moden (3/9/2010)

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  See the following:

  http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic187917-5-1.aspx

  Very nice post

  -------Bhuvnesh----------
  I work only to learn Sql Server...though my company pays me for getting their stuff done;-)