Usually when I'm creating indexes on tables, I generally guess what the Fill Factor should be based on an educated guess of how the table will be used (many reads or many writes). Is there a more scientific way to determine a more accurate Fill Factor value? ...
How do you specify the Fill Factor when creating an index in MySql? ...
I've been trawling books online and google incantations trying to find out what fill factor physically is in a leaf-page (SQL Server 2000 and 2005). I understand that its the amount of room left free on a page when an index is created, but what I've not found is how that space is actually left: i.e., is it one big chunk towards the end ...
Is there a way to find a statistics on table read and write count on SQL Server 2005/2008? I am specifically looking for DMVs/DMFs without using triggers or audits. The goal here is to find out a**ppropriate fill factor for indexes** - got an idea from this article (Fill Factor Defined). [UPDATE] Follow up question on ServerFault...
I have an non-clustered index that has ~1000 pages, 95% fragmentation and a FillFactor of '0'. I rebuilt the index on Sunday. A week later, the index has 95% (or so) fragmentation again. Is this an indication that I need to change the FillFactor to say 80-90%? Should I be tweaking the fill factor each week to see if I can reduce the ...