Analytics Optimization with Columnstore Indexes in Microsoft SQL Server: Optimizing OLAP Workloads

SQL Server columnstore indexes are a fast and performant solution for storing and accessing analytic data, providing faster query performance and the ability to ask and answer business intelligence questions with alacrity. This book provides a complete walk through of columnstore indexing, including an introduction, best practices, hands-on demonstrations, explanations of common mistakes, and a detailed architecture. It is suitable for professionals of all skill levels and provides definitive guidelines for when to use columnstore indexes, the performance gains that can be expected, and best practices around architecture, implementation, and maintenance. It also shows that columnstore indexing represents an effective storage solution that saves time, money, and improves performance for any applications that use it.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 27 February 2022
Publisher: APress

Columnstore indexes are a powerful storage solution for analytic data in SQL Server, providing faster query performance and enabling business intelligence questions to be answered quickly. This book provides a comprehensive guide to columnstore indexing, covering introduction, best practices, hands-on demonstrations, explanations of common mistakes, and a detailed architecture. It assumes little or no knowledge of columnstore indexing and is suitable for professionals of all skill levels. The book shows how columnstore indexes can be used in development, test, and production environments, and provides definitive guidelines on when to use them and the performance gains that can be expected. It also covers best practices around architecture, implementation, and maintenance, and highlights the limitations and common pitfalls to be aware of and avoid. Analytic data can become quite large, and the expense to manage or migrate it can be high. Columnstore indexing represents an effective storage solution that saves time, money, and improves performance for any applications that use it. It is included in all versions of SQL Server, with no additional costs or licensing required.

Weight: 574g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781484280478
Edition number: 1st ed.