SQL Server, of course, keeps track of everything that affects data in a transaction log, which is periodically rolled over into backup files (at least, if you're being a conscientious DBA it is). But ...

Delayed durability offers something that many SQL Server professionals have wanted for years-the ability to disable transaction logging. Why turn off the transaction log? You can accelerate ...

Overgrown transactional log files can turn into real problems if they are not handled properly. Today SQL Server consultant Tim Chapman discusses the perils of not handling SQL Server log growth ...

If left alone, this ginormous transaction log file will continue to grow until it reaches the maximum size set by the SQL Server DBA, or until the physical drive containing the transaction log ...

The transaction log file contains the SQL Server transactions of the database. It basically records the database transactions and the changes made by the transactions to the database. The logs are ...

The next version of Microsoft’s relational database management system (RDMS) promises to bring immense performance gains to online transactional processing systems. SQL Server 2014 will come ...

The next version of Microsoft’s relational database management system (RDMS) promises to bring immense performance gains to online transactional processing systems. SQL Server 2014 will come ...

So I'm trying to figure out when I should be backing my transaction logs relative to my full/diffs. It seems like right after would be when I'd want to have the checkpoint happen, or does it ...