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10Dawg
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Posted - 06/28/2012 :  11:16:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have 4 secondary databases taking up 20+ GB on my C: drive. I did not set this instance up and have never used secondary databases. I need that room. Is there any harm in deleting them? Do i have to detach them from somewhere first?

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jackv
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Posted - 06/28/2012 :  11:43:58  Show Profile  Visit jackv's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Do you mean secondary log shipping databases?

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10Dawg
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Posted - 06/28/2012 :  12:56:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
SQL Server Database Secondary Data File (.ndf) Since i posted this I read that is was done for the purpose splitting up the load on the system's Tempdb. They are TempDev2, 3 & 4. They are 5 GB a piece. Is there any harm in shinking these files back to 1GB? Will they just expand back out?

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tkizer
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Posted - 06/28/2012 :  13:23:36  Show Profile  Visit tkizer's Homepage  Reply with Quote
They will likely just expand back out.

Never shrink tempdb though. If you need the files smaller, restart the SQL Server service. Shrinking tempdb can cause corruption.

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jackv
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Posted - 07/02/2012 :  11:44:05  Show Profile  Visit jackv's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Consider segmenting out onto a diferent drive for performance gain - and general manageability

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