Database Maintenance

Daily index rebuilds incorporated into a backup routine can eliminate corrupt index incidents entirely. High-frequency data insertion is a typical cause of index corruption because the database engine cannot keep index updates current. Corrupt indexes cause queries to return inaccurate data while the underlying table data appears correct. Data bloat forces queries to scan old, unused data even when it is irrelevant to the current request. Routine database maintenance includes updating statistics, rebuilding indexes, and cleaning up unnecessary data.