DBCC CHECKDB has the ability to perform parallel checking of objects. However, it absolutely depends on the edition of SQL Server, it only happens when using enterprise edition.
Let’s see this in action. I propose the following tests for this blog post:
I could not read my error log on one of my local SQL Servers, when I executed the following code:
EXEC sp_readerrorlog
I received the below:
Msg 22004, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 Failed to open loopback connection. Please see event log for more information. Msg 22004, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 Error log location not found.
I was doing some normal activities on one of my Azure SQL Databases, I went to make a cup of tea and returned to the following message:
The statement has been terminated. Msg 40544, Level 17, State 12, Line 15 The database ‘TestDB’ has reached its size quota. Partition or delete data, drop indexes, or consult the documentation for possible resolutions.
Naturally the cost of Azure SQL Database directly relates to what tier and performance level you are using. Starting from the least expensive basic database to the more premium ones I thought it would be worthwhile capturing the costs (GBP) across all tiers.
If you know about DBCC CHECKDB then most likely you will know about DBCC CHECKTABLE. Quite simply this command performs primitive system-catalog consistency checks, per-table consistency checks on the single table specified, and cross-table consistency checks on indexed views that reference the specified table. (Page 899 Microsoft SQL Server Internals 2012, Chapter 14, Page 899, Paul Randal)
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