Why TempDB is used in SQL Server?

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TempDB is a workhorse of SQL Server performing a number of functions to support both system and internal operations. With this workload TempDB will process a large number of database writes, which requires low-latency, high throughput underlying storage. 28 окт. 2021 г.

What is the use of TempDB in SQL Server?

The tempdb system database is a global resource that holds: Temporary user objects that are explicitly created. They include global or local temporary tables and indexes, temporary stored procedures, table variables, tables returned in table-valued functions, and cursors.

Why does SQL Server grow TempDB?

Much like your operating system has a page file to handle memory overflows, SQL Server uses TempDB like a page file. The most common occurrence of this is when a query “spills” to TempDB. ... Temp tables can lead to uncontrolled growth if they are being populated by a query that needs to be tuned.

Why is TempDB so big?

TEMPDB would have grown to 30GB at some point because it needed that much space for some certain queries. I would recommend you set the TEMPDB file size to 30GB - this will presize TEMPDB for you in case SQL SERVER is restarted since TEMPDB is recreated every time SQL Server is restarted.

Why is TempDB filling up?

Most of the time tempdb fills is related to when a user kicks off a long running query and decides to get a cup of coffee, or go out to lunch.

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