hosted sql 2005 databases

We are hosting multiple sql server 2005 databases on a windows 2003 server.
I've setup restricted growth on the databases to 50 mb. What would be a good
setting for the log files? I have all of the databases setup in Simple
recovery mode. Is Auto Shrink = True a good idea?
Please advise.
Thanks!
Hi
The best way to get these values is to monitor it during you normal working
period (e.g. a week and take the values from that). If the files are often
growing then you may want to increase the size they grow by, or put in a
system when the files are increased at a time when it will not impact users.
For log file sizes hopefully you can set a maximum ceiling that will rarely
be expanded.
Growing the files frequently may lead to disc fragmentation and decreases in
performance, therefore auto shrink is not a good idea.
You should monitor the space available on your disc so that you can prevent
the sort of situation where there is not enough room to expand the database.
MOM is a very useful to monitor your SQL Server in this respect.
John
"mp3nomad" wrote:

> We are hosting multiple sql server 2005 databases on a windows 2003 server.
> I've setup restricted growth on the databases to 50 mb. What would be a good
> setting for the log files? I have all of the databases setup in Simple
> recovery mode. Is Auto Shrink = True a good idea?
> Please advise.
> Thanks!