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Disk Partition Alignment ( SANs and Diskpart )

As a further post to my series on what else can affect SQL Server Performance here’s the thorny issue of disk partition alignment. Disclaimer : I don’t get to configure SANs, places I work have dedicated teams and it’s unlikely a DBA would be considered...

Are your SAN drives performing well?

Those that know me know that I consider SAN's to be one of the major bottlenecks to high performance SQL Server databases; certainly my experience over the years has often shown this to be the case - however that's a whole other area for discusion, what...
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