Hi Franklin.
The data_engine best practice it was applied a long time ago.
I am checking the kb000033680, and we are following the recommendation.
Do you have high raw data retention in your environment ?
We have "Deleted raw data: 90 days" and "Deleted historic data: 365 days". I think the raw data are okay with this configuration.
Whats your sql server version and is it Enterprise version ?
DB Version: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (SP2-GDR) (KB4057120) - 12.0.5214.6 (X64) Jan 9 2018 15:03:12 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation Standard Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.3 <X64> (Build 9600: ) (Hypervisor)
data_engine schema version: 8.50(0)
Are you using partitioning in your environment?
not because the standard version does not have