Do not try this at home. SQL Server 2008 Data Compression is an intelligent compression strategy. It saves space and delivers better performance through less IO.

Now, just a simple BACKUP DATABASE statement will use compression. To run a backup without compression when it's the server default, simply use the WITH NO COMPRESSION option. SQL Server 2008 finally ...

SQL Server 2008 supports two levels of data compression – row and page level. There is also backup compression which is completely separate but very useful too.

Microsoft's SQL Server evolution. Microsoft is claiming a five-times data compression improvement in its in-memory column-store index technology in SQL Server 2014.

At Microsoft's Ignite digital event this week, the company is announcing the private preview of SQL Server 2022, the next version of its three-decades-old relational database management system ...

When copies are updated, only deltas are saved. Using this feature can result in dramatic savings when dealing with testing and development environments that utilize multiple instances of the same ...

IBM has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Storwize, a privately held company based in Marlborough, Mass. Storwize provides real-time data compression technology to help clients reduce ...

Until now, the use of hardware compression has been restricted to tape drives while disk and RAID data compression has been performed by software running on a server's CPU. The value of hardware ...

SQL Server 2008 provides a feature, which, in my opinion, has been far overdue -- backup compression. For too long, if you wanted the benefit of compressed backups, you had to look at a third-party ...