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You administer a SQL Server 2008 instance that hosts a large database. The database experiences high volumes of queries and transactions that are processor-intensive. You plan to implement an…

The correct answer is B. Use the Resource Governor. Resource governor can be used to limit the resource usage of a given session. Database snapshots are not a backup methodology, as they rely on the existing database. The affinity mask I/O option is for binding disk operations to certain CPUs and was covered Spreading backups…

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Question

You administer a SQL Server 2008 instance that hosts a large database. The database experiences high volumes of queries and transactions that are processor-intensive. You plan to implement an incremental backup strategy for the database. You also plan to use backup compression. You need to ensure that the backup jobs have a minimal effect on the performance of the server. What should you do?

Options

  • AUse database snapshots.
  • BUse the Resource Governor.
  • CReconfigure the Affinity I/O Mask configuration option.
  • DSpread the database backup across multiple backup devices.

How the community answered

(22 responses)
  • A
    5% (1)
  • B
    73% (16)
  • C
    14% (3)
  • D
    9% (2)

Explanation

Resource governor can be used to limit the resource usage of a given session. Database snapshots are not a backup methodology, as they rely on the existing database. The affinity mask I/O option is for binding disk operations to certain CPUs and was covered Spreading backups across multiple devices is supported in SQL Server 2008. If the resource in demand was disk I/O, this would be a viable solution.

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#Resource Governor#backup compression#performance tuning#incremental backup

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