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Answer by Usman Butt

I guess it is pretty much clear in BOL. > Torn page protection, introduced in> SQL Server 2000, is primarily a way of> detecting page corruptions due to> power failures. For example, an>...

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Answer by WilliamD

@Usmann Butt's explanation is good, and the description in BOL is a clear explanation of what the two options actually do. However, what you need to be aware of is that corruption of data can happen on...

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Answer by SmithSean

Torn Page Detection writes a bit for every 512 bytes in the page. This allows you to detect when a page was not successfully written to disk, but does not tell you if the data stored in those 512 bytes...

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