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 Transaction log is 7 gb ???

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mary_itohan
Posting Yak Master

191 Posts

Posted - 2012-02-26 : 18:43:44
hi guys,
I noticed the server space on our server was quickly used up, and checked out db, the largest table was 3million records, and transaction log for the database was 7gb.

Is this normal or do i reduce it ?

thanks

M

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tkizer
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38200 Posts

Posted - 2012-02-26 : 18:47:25
How big is your mdf file? What recovery model are you using? If the answer isn't SIMPLE recovery model, then how often are you doing transaction log backups?

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Jayam.cnu
Starting Member

45 Posts

Posted - 2012-02-27 : 02:54:55
Hi Mary... i think you should provide all these details .. recovery model, how many data files and what is the maximum size of data file..
so that we can decide to reduce size of log file.....
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