Instant File Initialization

Fix SQL Server Msg 5144 and 5145 for long or failed autogrow of data and log files

Whenever you extend the size of your data or log file with a larger value or your database perform autogrow…

How to Reduce PREEMPTIVE_OS_WRITEFILEGATHER Wait Type in SQL Server?

I was getting wait type PREEMPTIVE_OS_WRITEFILEGATHER during database size allocation. Yesterday, I was configuring database size to the value that…

How to Improve SQL Server Bulk Data Import Performance?

I am working on a project where we are migrating Oracle databases to SQL Server for SAP applications. We are…

What is Instant File Initialization and How to enable it on SQL Server Instance?

Instant file initialization is very useful feature to speedup the process of increasing or allocating data file space of a…