Clustered Nuts?

While looking at performance in some of my databases, I noticed there was a high number of FreeSpace scans going on.   Aaargh!  They are called clustered indexes, people use them!  Performance, performance, performance!

In most cases it is best practices to start with a clustered index on every table created.  There are rare instances when this is not the optimal setup, but for the large majority of standard databases put in a clustered index on each table.  Your shooting yourself in the foot, people!

Enjoy!

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Posted on February 21, 2012, in Database Administration Tasks and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.

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