
Since you have a limitation of 10 GB for data, at the design stage itself, you need to look at what type of data that you are storing in your database.
#SQL SERVER 2016 EXPRESS MAX DBSIZE FULL#
Since log file size will not count towards the database size, you can leave the database recovery model as Full orīulk-logged without impacting important recovery features as shown in the below figure. These configurations leave databases in a risk state. With this configuration, you are dropping the options of transactional log backup and importantly you will not have the option of point in time recovery. Most of the users configure the recovery model of the database in Express edition as Simple to reduce the transaction log file size. Since there is no limitation for the Express database transaction log file, you can leave the express database recovery model in either full or bulk logged. You will see that database is 24 GB which is clearly over the 10 GB limitation. This means log files can be in any size.įollowing is the Disk Usage report of the Express database which describes the limitations on the data and log files. However, it is important to note that this limitation is on the data file and the log file is excluded from this limitation. The major limitation in the SQL Express database is that the storage limit which is 10 GB. This edition will provide you with a basic storage option and this article is to examine what maintenance tasks you need to perform to manage SQL Express effectively. If you are not able to spend money on your small databases, SQL Server Express edition is the solution for you.
