Comments on: When did CheckDB last run? http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2008/12/22/when-did-checkdb-last-run/ A discussion on SQL Server Mon, 14 May 2012 23:51:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gail http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2008/12/22/when-did-checkdb-last-run/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Gail Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:40:31 +0000 http://sqlinthewild.co.za/?p=180#comment-228 In my opinion, you should be running checkDB often enough that if it finds irreparable corruption, you can restore a clean backup and recover the database with acceptable data loss. How often that is depends on your backup strategy, backup retention and acceptable data loss. In my opinion, you should be running checkDB often enough that if it finds irreparable corruption, you can restore a clean backup and recover the database with acceptable data loss.

How often that is depends on your backup strategy, backup retention and acceptable data loss.

]]> By: tosscrosby http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2008/12/22/when-did-checkdb-last-run/comment-page-1/#comment-227 tosscrosby Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:45:47 +0000 http://sqlinthewild.co.za/?p=180#comment-227 By the way - Happy New Year! By the way – Happy New Year!

]]> By: tosscrosby http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2008/12/22/when-did-checkdb-last-run/comment-page-1/#comment-226 tosscrosby Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:44:39 +0000 http://sqlinthewild.co.za/?p=180#comment-226 Gail, I've followed you on various boards (and Paul as well) and value your postings and thoughts on the whole gamut of topics. I run CHECKDB once a week (down time on Sunday's). Never had an issue BUT was wondering what is your opinion on how often this should be run?? I have backups of all kinds (full, diffs and logs) that run regurlarly and with success, and tested. However, with all the "corruption" threads, I can't help but think that possibly I should be running this even more frequently. Event viewer messages are checked with regularity and have been clean but I still can't help being a little skittish. Your thoughts? Gail, I’ve followed you on various boards (and Paul as well) and value your postings and thoughts on the whole gamut of topics. I run CHECKDB once a week (down time on Sunday’s). Never had an issue BUT was wondering what is your opinion on how often this should be run?? I have backups of all kinds (full, diffs and logs) that run regurlarly and with success, and tested. However, with all the “corruption” threads, I can’t help but think that possibly I should be running this even more frequently. Event viewer messages are checked with regularity and have been clean but I still can’t help being a little skittish. Your thoughts?

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