You have SQL Server 2019 on an Azure virtual machine that runs Windows Server 2019. The virtual machine has 4 vCPUs and 28 GB of memory. You scale up the virtual machine to 8 vCPUs and 64 GB of memory

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Submitted by jaden.t· Mar 6, 2026Monitor, configure, and optimize database resources

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You have SQL Server 2019 on an Azure virtual machine that runs Windows Server 2019. The virtual machine has 4 vCPUs and 28 GB of memory. You scale up the virtual machine to 8 vCPUs and 64 GB of memory. You need to reduce tempdb contention without negatively affecting server performance. What is the number of secondary data files that you should configure for tempdb?

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