Ha! It turns out that Alex was suggesting his presentation might be useful to *me* for my current refreshes, rather than as a blog link, but I reckon it might be useful to others too ...
This is great document. Very useful.
Additional storage features may be considered (SnapShot, SnapMirror, Shadow image, BCV ... ) from different storage profiders
Part 1 - Default options - GLOBAL AND PARTITION Part 2 - Estimated Global Stats Part 3 - Stats Aggregation Problems I Part 4 - Stats Aggregation Problems II Part 5 - Minimal Stats Aggregation Part 6a - COPY_TABLE_STATS - Intro Part 6b - COPY_TABLE_STATS - Mistakes Part 6c - COPY_TABLE_STATS - Bugs and Patches Part 6d - COPY_TABLE_STATS - A Light-bulb Moment Part 6e - COPY_TABLE_STATS - Bug 10268597
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