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   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Dom (dolivastro@gmail.com) writes:   
   > At 8:00 am Wed, we started a Shrink Database command (though the SSMS   
   > GUI) on a very large and very active database.  The activity monitor   
   > usually show the process is "suspended" (what does that mean?)   
   > although sometimes when I click "Refresh" it says "runnable".   
   >   
   > It is now 3:30 pm Thurs, and the Shrink Database is still going on.   
   > Should I be worried about this?  As I said, it is a large database,   
   > with a fair amount of activity, and we recently added a good amount of   
   > data, and deleted some unnecessary tables.   
      
   Yes, you should be worried. By the mere fact that you started Shrink   
   Database. It is a command you use be very restrictive with. And I   
   definitely advice against running it during office hours.   
      
   I would recommend that you cancel the operation, and that you schedule   
   reindexing of the database for the coming weekend, as shrinking introduces   
   fragmentation.   
      
   See also http://www.karaszi.com/SQLServer/info_dont_shrink.asp   
      
   --   
   Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Links for SQL Server Books Online:   
   SQL 2008: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/cc514207.aspx   
   SQL 2005: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/bb895970.aspx   
      
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