nerdexam
Microsoft

70-450 · Question #106

You administer a SQL Server 2008 instance. The instance is located on a four-processor, quad-core server. The server frequently experiences CPU pressure. The instance contains a very large…

The correct answer is C. max degree of parallelism. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

You administer a SQL Server 2008 instance. The instance is located on a four-processor, quad-core server. The server frequently experiences CPU pressure. The instance contains a very large mission-critical database that is used continuously. You need to ensure that online index rebuilds do not consume all available CPU cycles. Which configuration option should you use?

Options

  • Aaffinity mask
  • Baffinity I/O mask
  • Cmax degree of parallelism
  • Doptimize for ad hoc workloads

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    9% (4)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    70% (33)
  • D
    17% (8)

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full 70-450 Practice