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Dan112

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:23 pm
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Hello. Is there a way in SQL Server 2005 Standard to forcibly limit a
particular database in size? I would like to be able to set a max limit, and
be alerted when the database gets close (say, 90%), just like an Exchange
mailbox would.

Is this possible? Thanks.

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Andrew J. Kelly

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 6:34 pm
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Sure, in the database properties there is a property for max size. You have
to do the monitoring for size on your own though.

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> Hello. Is there a way in SQL Server 2005 Standard to forcibly limit a
> particular database in size? I would like to be able to set a max limit,
> and
> be alerted when the database gets close (say, 90%), just like an Exchange
> mailbox would.
>
> Is this possible? Thanks.

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Dan112

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:33 pm
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Sorry, I don't see this setting. When I open the properties of a database,
there's nothing about max size.

"Andrew J. Kelly" wrote:

> Sure, in the database properties there is a property for max size. You have
> to do the monitoring for size on your own though.
>
> --
> Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
> Solid Quality Mentors
>
>
> "Dan" wrote in message
>
> > Hello. Is there a way in SQL Server 2005 Standard to forcibly limit a
> > particular database in size? I would like to be able to set a max limit,
> > and
> > be alerted when the database gets close (say, 90%), just like an Exchange
> > mailbox would.
> >
> > Is this possible? Thanks.
>
>
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Aaron Bertrand [SQL Serve

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:04 pm
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> Sorry, I don't see this setting. When I open the properties of a
> database,
> there's nothing about max size.

You need to look at the properties of the individual database files.
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Dan112

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:04 pm
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Ahh, perfect. One last question. Is it possible to lock down the database
size and log files to a combined maximum, or do I need to do each separately?

"Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:

> > Sorry, I don't see this setting. When I open the properties of a
> > database,
> > there's nothing about max size.
>
> You need to look at the properties of the individual database files.
>
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Andrew J. Kelly

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:51 am
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They need to be supplied separately. But I wonder what the goal of this is?
If you set a max size and you forget to increase the file size and it runs
out your database activity will stop. If you let it autogrow then it will
keep going. Even though you never want autogrow to actually kick in it is
there for a safety purpose. The Max sizes should only be used to prevent the
disk from completely filling up.

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"Dan" wrote in message

> Ahh, perfect. One last question. Is it possible to lock down the
> database
> size and log files to a combined maximum, or do I need to do each
> separately?
>
> "Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]" wrote:
>
>> > Sorry, I don't see this setting. When I open the properties of a
>> > database,
>> > there's nothing about max size.
>>
>> You need to look at the properties of the individual database files.
>>
>>
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