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Learn about delayed durability in SQL Server and how it might help you with a heavily loaded server.
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Learn about delayed durability in SQL Server and how it might help you with a heavily loaded server.
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I have a SQL Server 2022 instance with this setting:
EXECUTE sp_configure 'max degree of parallelism', 4; GOI then run this:
SELECT ProductID, OrderQty, SUM(LineTotal) AS Total FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail WHERE UnitPrice < $5.00 GROUP BY ProductID, OrderQty ORDER BY ProductID, OrderQty OPTION (MAXDOP 2); GOWhat is the maxdop for my query? See possible answers