Don't miss these great articles on SQLPerformance.com from the industry’s top experts:A Look At DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS and I/OErin Stellato (b | t) of SQLskills takes a deep look into the I/O impact of running DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS, including explaining why some check methods may consume a lot more I/O than others.The ...

I'm doing two new webcasts next week on Wednesday, December 19th, one in the morning and the other after lunch.   SSDs are a Game Changer for SQL Server Storage No, session is not exclusively about SSDs.  But this is my first session on IO and storage tuning that emphasizes SSDs over hard disks.  As Bob Dylan said ''Times, they ...