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Parallel CHECKDB

Published 2017-12-19 by Kevin Feasel

Arun Sirpal shows us when DBCC CHECKDB can go parallel:

DBCC CHECKDB has the ability to perform parallel checking of objects. However, it absolutely depends on the edition of SQL Server, it only happens when using enterprise edition.

Let’s see this in action. I propose the following tests for this blog post:

  • Test on a SQL Server Enterprise Edition.
  • Test on a non-enterprise edition of SQL Server.

I don’t have 2017 Enterprise at hand but I do have 2014 Enterprise and Express handy so it makes sense to use these versions for my “experiment”.

Read on to see the difference.

Published in DBCC