Does the tempdb Log file get Zero Initialized at Startup?

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Published on Fri, 14 May 2010 00:13:53 GMT Indexed on 2010/05/14 0:26 UTC
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While working on a problem today I happened to think about what the impact to startup might be for a really large tempdb transaction log file. Its fairly common knowledge that data files in SQL Server 2005+ on Windows Server 2003+ can be instant initialized, but the transaction log files can not. If this is news to you see the following blog posts: Kimberly L. Tripp | Instant Initialization - What, Why and How? In Recovery... | Misconceptions around instant file initialization In Recovery…...(read more)

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