Expert Performance Indexing in SQL Server, 2nd Edition

This book is a deep dive into perhaps the single-most important facet of good performance: indexes, and how to best use them. The book begins in the shallow waters with explanations of the types of indexes and how they are stored in databases. Moving deeper into the topic, and further into the book, you will look at the statistics that are accumulated both by indexes and on indexes. You’ll better understand what indexes are doing in the database and what can be done to mitigate and improve their effect on performance. The final destination is a guided tour through a number of real life scenarios showing approaches you can take to investigate, mitigate, and improve the performance of your database.

• Defines the types of indexes and their implementation options
• Provides use cases and common patterns in applying indexing
• Describes and explain the index metadata and statistics
• Provides a framework of strategies and approaches for indexing databases

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Index Fundamentals
Chapter 2: Index Storage Fundamentals
Chapter 3: Index Metadata and Statistics
Chapter 4: XML Indexes
Chapter 5: Spatial Indexing
Chapter 6: Full-Text Indexing
Chapter 7: Indexing Memory-Optimized Tables
Chapter 8: Indexing Myths and Best Practices
Chapter 9: Index Maintenance
Chapter 10: Indexing Tools
Chapter 11: Indexing Strategies
Chapter 12: Query Strategies
Chapter 13: Monitoring Indexes
Chapter 14: Index Analysis
Chapter 15: Indexing Methodology