MSSQLTips

Similar to my post regarding index usage (most/least often), you can use the following code below to get index operational information (exposed via the sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats dynamic management function in Sql 2005). You can include table filters, specify ordering operations, and specify specific...

A customer this past week was curious how to determine which indexes on their server were being used either very frequently or very infrequently. This type of information can be invaluable when tuning a server on both ends: finding the most frequently used structures can aid in tracking down hotspots...