Model database recovery model

  • I apologize if this has been asked a million times, searching the terms 'model','database' and 'recovery' yields a billion results about general recovery models.

    My question is this: Why is the model database's default recovery model full? Is there any harm to switching this database? I understand its the model for new database creation, so I would assume there would be little regular activity against this database.

  • Model is the template for a new database, so, if you don't like it in full recovery, change it to simple recovery.

    No harm: it's your choice.

    -- Gianluca Sartori

  • Gianluca Sartori (7/27/2011)


    Model is the template for a new database, so, if you don't like it in full recovery, change it to simple recovery.

    No harm: it's your choice.

    +1

    I do this on all shared sandbox instances where devs have sa and regularly create databases.

    There are no special teachers of virtue, because virtue is taught by the whole community.
    --Plato

  • bear in mind that as model is used a s the template for database creation, if you change the model database to simple recovery model all new databases will be created with recovery mode = simple by default, unless you explicitly state otherwise.

    This might not be what you want in a production environment.

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