sorry wrong group
> Is it normal for an opti job to blow the T-log on a 80GB db to 50 GB from
> 2GB?
Hi,
it *depends* , what is your Recovery Model ?! is your application write
intensive !? are you doing any Bulk Logged ?! are you doing Index Tunning /
defregmentation as Maintanance Plan !?
To Reduce size of T-Log take a regular T-Log backup , say every 30 mins .
Regards

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