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1999-09-27

nugget [27-Sep-1999 @ 20:07]

Filed under: Uncategorized @ 20:07 +00:00

:: 27-Sep-1999 20:09 (Monday) ::

Finally have a chance to do some forensics on statsbox, I’m starting off with
the normal “dbcc checkdb” and “update statistics” just to make sure
everything is tidy at the lowest levels. I also see that we’re getting close
to capacity (only about 150mb free on the main statsdb device) so I’m going
to slice off another half gig or so of space for the data tables.

I think we’re within a few months of needing another drive in there,
the main RC5_64_master table is nearing 20 million rows.

The goal today is to determine the cause of the daily update slowdowns that
started last week, although I’d settle for prodding at the box and having it
automagically start working properly. :)