The SQL Swiss Army Knife #3 - View I/O per file - Updated

Hello all,

Here is another one focusing on SQL scripts that may help on everyday DBA tasks, following the series "SQL Swiss Army Knife".

This script will return, very promptly, the overall I/O statistics for all databases in your server, ordered by stalled I/O, and is based on the sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats DMV. This DMV returns I/O statistics for data and log files and replaces the old fn_virtualfilestats function. Be aware that this requires the VIEW_SERVER_STATE permission. There’s all sort of uses for this information, like helping with drafting a server consolidation strategy, or pointing to eventual need to check perf counters if I/O is waiting more than expected.

Its output will resemble this:

Download script here:view_IO_Stats_per_file.sql

Until next time!

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