Index Creation = 100% CPU Utilization

I have a large table in a production environment that I needs to have an
index created on it. Its already got a clustered index on it, and I need to
create a non-clustered index. On creation, the CPU usage hits 100%, which
brings response time of the application over reasonable limits. Is there any
way to limit the CPU Usage for this task, or is there any other workaround to
create this index without bringing the application offline?
SQL Server 2000 SP3
P4 - 4 x 1GB
4GB Memory
Thanks in adavance
Set the DOP at the server level to 2 processors. That way there will be two
for the index creation and 2 for everyone else. It will take longer for the
index to be created but it won't affect the other users as much.
Andrew J. Kelly SQL MVP
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> I have a large table in a production environment that I needs to have an
> index created on it. Its already got a clustered index on it, and I need
to
> create a non-clustered index. On creation, the CPU usage hits 100%, which
> brings response time of the application over reasonable limits. Is there
any
> way to limit the CPU Usage for this task, or is there any other workaround
to
> create this index without bringing the application offline?
> SQL Server 2000 SP3
> P4 - 4 x 1GB
> 4GB Memory
> Thanks in adavance