What is the purpose of the transaction log?

Sunday, June 3, 2012

The transaction log records every change that occurs within a database to persist all transactions to disk.

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What are the types of files that you create for databases and what are the commonly used

You can create data and log files for a database. Data files commonly have either an .mdf or .ndf extension, whereas log files have an .ldf extension

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What is Check pointing in SQL Server ?

If you are adding new data to a database, the new data is first written to a memory buffer, then written to the transaction log, and finally persisted to a data file via a background process called check pointing.

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What are the various types of backups in sql server ?

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

1•Full backups 2•Differential backups 3•File backups 4•Filegroup backups 5.Partial backups 6•Copy-Only backups 7•Mirror backups 8•Transaction log backups

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What is a failover cluster?

Sunday, May 6, 2012

A group of servers that are in one location and that are networked together for the purpose of providing live backup in case one of the servers fails.

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What is Failover ?

To switch processing from a failed component to its backup component.

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What is Mirroring in SQL Server 2005 ?

Database mirroring is a primarily software solution for increasing the probability that a database is available. Mirroring is implemented on a per database basis and works only with databases that use the full recovery model.

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