Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals English software manual

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals Delve inside the core SQL Server engine - and put that knowledge to work - with guidance from a team of well-known internals experts. Whether database developer, architect, or administrator, you’ll gain the deep knowledge you need to exploit key architectural changes - and capture the product’s full potential.

Discover how SQL Server works behind the scenes, including:

- What happens internally when SQL Server builds, expands, shrinks, and moves databases
- How to use event tracking - from triggers to the Extended Events Engine
- Why the right indexes can drastically reduce your query execution time
- How to transcend normal row-size limits with new storage capabilities
- How the Query Optimizer operates
- Multiple techniques for troubleshooting problematic query plans
- When to force SQL Server to reuse a cached query plan - or create a new one
- What SQL Server checks internally when running DBCC
- How to choose among five isolation levels and two concurrency models when working with multiple concurrent users