1. What SQL DBAs need to know about SharePoint JD Wade, MCITP SharePoint Consultant Horizons Consulting Twitter: http://twitter.com/jdwade Blog: http://wadingthrough.com

2. Why, oh why, oh why?

4. Rich Integrated Capabilities

5. Toolset and Development

6. Deployment and ManagementEmployee Portal Knowledge Management Portal Regulatory Compliance Repository Users Sales Division Portal Custom SAP Front-End Business Intelligence Dashboard R&D Community Geneva Office Site Extranet Collab Site Team “ABC” Site Project “X” Site Weekly Issue Tracking Meeting Corporate Teams Departments Empowerment

7. SQL ImplementationCommonly Perceived Gaps SharePoint tables are too wide, wraps rows SharePoint manages its own (NVP) indexes SharePoint adds force-order, query hints Missing indexes for common operations Excessive use of Dynamic queries No SQL Referential Integrity OR key constraints DBCC with data loss not supported Missing integration of Back-up/Restore

9. Article Pages

11. Office Documents

12. Organization and ad-hoc queriesTeam Collab Site Empowerment

13. Storage

14. Storage5 Key Points to Consider … App Server App Server App Server SQL Server 1 HBA HBA 2 3 4 5 tempdb tempdb T-log DB T-logs Content DBs Search DB

15. StorageOptimizing SQL Server I/O Subsystem Ensure correct HBA driver and firmware versions Use SQLIO.exe to measure I/O performance Configure correct NTFS Allocation Unit Size 64K best; default (4K) can result in a 30% perf hit To view: chkdsk <drive_letter> Ensure correct Windows “Sector Alignment” Incorrect setting can result in up to 50% perf hit Use diskpart to check and set alignment 64K most common. Windows 2008 aligns sectors by default Free space on NTFS partition should be > 25%

16. StorageDatabase Configuration Recommended database file placement priority (fastest to slowest drive) tempdb data and t-log files Db transaction log files Search db data files Content db data files In a heavily read-oriented portal site, prioritize data over logs. Place tempdb, Content db and t-logs on separate LUNs Use multiple data files for Content and Search dbs Distribute equi-sized data files across separate disks # of data files should be <= # of processor cores Multiple data files are not supported for other dbs Place SharePoint Search crawl and query processing tables on separate spindles

17. StorageDatabase Sizing Site Collections > 15GB, use SQL Backups Limit Content DBs to 100 GB (soft limit) If larger consider differential backups using SQL or DPM Size SQL Server data files appropriately Pre-allocate data file to cover anticipated size of Content db Rely on SQL ‘Autogrow’ only as a catastrophic insurance policy Set SQL ‘Autogrow’ to fixed value appropriate for size of db Use dedicated database for large Site Collections (> 50GB) Configure tempdb data files = No of proc cores Configure tempdb to be at least 10% (25% preferred) of total Content db size, or the size of the largest table - whichever is greater

18. Configuration

19. ConfigurationTypical Deployment Sizes

20. ConfigurationRecommended Capacities

21. ConfigurationProcessors Deploy on 64-bit, especially if >1000 users, or >100 GB of data Use 64-bit SQL Server if using 64-bit OS IA-64 only supported on db tier, not on app tier

22. Configuration Memory Set ‘Max Server Memory’ SQL Max Memory = TotalPhyMem - (NumOfSQLThreads * ThreadStackSize) - (1GB * CEILING(NumOfCores/4)) - (Any mem required for ‘other’ apps) NumOfSQLThreads = 256 + (NumOfProcessors*- 4) * 8 ThreadStackSize = 1 MB on x86 2 MB on 64-bit (x64) 4 MB on 64-bit (IA64) On 64-bit use LPiM privilege for SQL Server account If using SQL Std edition need following CU + trace flag CU2 for SQL Server 2008 SP1 (KBA 970315) CU4 for SQL Server 2005 SP3 (KBA 970279) * If NumOfProcessors > 4, else 0.

23. Configuration Use SQL Server connection alias Simplifies redirecting WFEs to a different dbinstance Do not modify SPT schema No new columns or indexes permitted Use SharePoint tools to index columns

24. Configuration Test use of MAXDOP = 1 Separate instance for SharePoint Databases Set Fill Factor to 70 SharePoint ignores Model Autogrow settings

25. Maintenance

26. Maintenance Monitor SQL Server performance regularly Check integrity of the database routinely DBCC CHECKDB Can use REPAIR_REBUILD option to fix errors (not always possible) REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS not supported Time consuming operation, run during non-peak hours For very large DBs consider using option MAXDOP=1 Defragment physical files Maintain farm account as DBO for moves/restores

27. MaintenanceFragmentation Content and Search dbs most susceptible Rebuild / Reorganize indexes to eliminate fragmentation Reorganize index when fragmentation between 10-70% Rebuild index when fragmentation > 70% Existing index options used before the rebuild operation are not restored. Issue resolved in SQL Server 2005 SP2 and higher Use sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats to measure More accurate than DBCC SHOWCONTIG, often reports higher fragmentation numbers Auto-defrag only available in MOSS 2007 SP2 and for Content dbs but may need manual defragmentation Database Maintenance for SharePoint white paper

28. MaintenanceShrinking Database Size Only shrink Content databases, not others Only perform if free space > 50% (after content reorg) Do not perform as part of maintenance plan Allocate 10-20% growth allowance when determining target size

29. High Availability High availability options supported: Failover Clustering (local & stretch clusters) Database mirroring (Sync & Async) Log Shipping often used in conjunction to provide disaster recovery

30. High AvailabilityDatabase Mirroring Configurations DB Mirroring within farm (Synchronous) DB Mirroring across farms (Asynchronous)

31. High AvailabilityDatabase Mirroring Needs to be individually configured for each SPT db Requires Full Recovery model Both Synchronous and Asynchronous modes supported Synchronous DBM mode with witness server recommended for high availability Transfer SPT logins from Primary to Mirror server Script available in KBA 918992 DB Mirroring SQL end-points should be encrypted when channel is not secured by other means

32. High AvailabilityDatabase Mirroring Only supported on SQL Server Standard and Enterprise editions Standard edition only supports Synchronous mirroring On Standard edition 1 redo thread per db; on enterprise edition 1 redo thread per db per 4 cores Witness server can run on SQL Express Several improvements in SQL Server 2008 DBM Log stream compression Automatic Page Repair Pending send buffers limit increased from 3 to 64

33. High AvailabilityAsynchronous Mirroring Asynchronous DBM can be used to provide redundancy for Content dbs across farms Does not guarantee consistency DBs that cannot be Async mirrored Configuration & Central Admin Content dbs Contain location specific references, must be rebuild at mirror site SSP dbs only if using Search Search requires sync between SSP dbs, Search db, and index (index file cannot be mirrored)

34. Upcoming Attractions

35. SQL 2008 R2SharePoint Integration Improved Reporting Services in SharePoint integrated mode Easier install Extract data from SharePoint 2007 or 2010 lists SSRS is reporting engine for SharePoint Access Services reporting PowerPivot for SharePoint “SSAS in SharePoint integrated mode”

36. SharePoint 2010 Support for RBS using SQL Filestream Restore items directly from SQL database AvePoint add-on Support for SQL Mirroring built-in Access Services PerformancePoint built-in

37. Q & A

38. Sources Primary slide content with modifications from: SharePoint Conference 2009SPC319: SQL Server Best Practices for SharePoint Deployments BurzinPatel, Senior Program ManagerMicrosoft Corporation Database Maintenance for SharePoint white paperhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262731.aspx