DBCC Checkdb runs 12 hours

We have a really ancient Sql Server db -- version 6.5 --
with a 7.6 GB database on it. The DBCC Checkdb runs 12
hours, and now it fails every time it runs, without giving
any meaningful error messages. Is there some way to speed
up DBCC Checkdb? Or should we be running some other
utility?The best way to speed it up is to migrate to SQL 7.0 or better yet 2000. I
don't know of any way in 6.5.
Andrew J. Kelly
SQL Server MVP
"khabita" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> We have a really ancient Sql Server db -- version 6.5 --
> with a 7.6 GB database on it. The DBCC Checkdb runs 12
> hours, and now it fails every time it runs, without giving
> any meaningful error messages. Is there some way to speed
> up DBCC Checkdb? Or should we be running some other
> utility?|||Thanks. But we are moving away from Sql Server, so I doubt
we'll upgrade. I guess we'll just have to live with the
slow performance until we move the db to Oracle.

>--Original Message--
>The best way to speed it up is to migrate to SQL 7.0 or
better yet 2000. I
>don't know of any way in 6.5.
>--
>Andrew J. Kelly
>SQL Server MVP
>
>"khabita" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:fc0901c3f24c$16443170$a001280a@.phx.gbl...
giving
speed
>
>.
>|||Too bad. It would cost you tons less just to upgrade to SQL Server 2000. I
did an upgrade in place (i.e. on the same box) from 6.5 to 7.0 and tripled
the speed of an app.
Tom
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Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
SQL Server MVP
Columnist, SQL Server Professional
Toronto, ON Canada
www.pinnaclepublishing.com/sql
<anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Thanks. But we are moving away from Sql Server, so I doubt
we'll upgrade. I guess we'll just have to live with the
slow performance until we move the db to Oracle.

>--Original Message--
>The best way to speed it up is to migrate to SQL 7.0 or
better yet 2000. I
>don't know of any way in 6.5.
>--
>Andrew J. Kelly
>SQL Server MVP
>
>"khabita" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:fc0901c3f24c$16443170$a001280a@.phx.gbl...
giving
speed
>
>.
>