The RSFXDEVICEOPS wait, listed as PREEMPTIVE_OS_RSFXDEVICEOPS, was high at a client that did not use FileStream. Their queries carried a WAITFOR DELAY nobody remembered adding. When the clause came out, the wait dropped and the queries got fast again.
Error 5511: FILESTREAM File System Log Record Is Corrupted
Error 5511 kept a production database offline after a SQL Server restart, because a FILESTREAM log record under the log folder was corrupted. We moved the corrupted file to another folder and the database came online. CHECKDB came out clean and the client saw no problems for weeks.
SQL SERVER – Slow Filestream Data Cleanup. What Should We Do?
Slow Filestream Data Cleanup can follow deletion when files are still ineligible for garbage collection. One customer was running out of space.
SQL SERVER – Script Upgrade Failure – RsFxFt.Dll::RsFxMgmtInitialize failed: Error 0x80070002
A script upgrade failure left SQL Server down with RsFxFt.Dll error 0x80070002 and error 5597. Tested on SQL Server 2025: the FILESTREAM cause.
FileTable: Files You Can Open in Explorer and Query in T-SQL
Set up FileTable prerequisites, create a Windows-accessible file namespace, query stored file metadata, and compare simpler path storage.
SQL SERVER – Working with FileTables in SQL Server 2012 – Part 3 – Retrieving Various FileTable Properties
Part 3 of my FileTables series for SQL Server 2012: queries to tell files from folders and find root paths, path locators and relative paths.
SQL SERVER – Working with FileTables in SQL Server 2012 – Part 2 – Methods to Insert Data Into Table
Part 2 of my FileTables series covers two methods to insert data into a FileTable in SQL Server 2012, starting with a simple copy and paste.