In SQL Server, when talking about table partitions, basically, SQL Server doesn’t directly support hash partitions. It has an own logically built function using persisted computed columns for distributing data across horizontal partitions called a Hash partition.
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The Halloween Problem in SQL Server and suggested solutions
May 4, 2018Description
As per Wikipedia, the Halloween problem was first discovered by Don Chamberlin, Pat Selinger, and Morton Astrahan, on Halloween day, 1976.
Read more »How to identify and resolve Hot latches in SQL Server
November 7, 2017Description
In SQL Server, internal latch architecture protects memory during SQL operations. It ensures the consistency of memory structures with read and write operation on pages. Rudimentarily, it has two classes, buffer latches, and non-buffer latches which perform lightweight synchronization in the SQL Engine.
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