What Are Data Pages and Index Pages in SQL Server?

Senior MS SQL

Answer

SQL Server stores all data in 8 KB pages.

  • Data pages store full table rows.
  • Index pages store B-tree navigation structures and pointers.

Understanding pages explains index fragmentation, logical reads, and physical I/O behavior.

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