A DMV a Day – Day 7
I have three different DMVs for Day 7. The first one is sys.dm_db_missing_index_group_stats, which is described by BOL as:
Returns summary...
2010-04-07
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24 Hours of PASS: Celebrating SQL Server 2008 R2
Well, we finally got the ok to start talking about the second 24 Hours of PASS event, called 24 Hours...
2010-04-06
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A DMV a Day – Day 6
The DMV for Day 6 is sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats, which is described by BOL as:
Returns counts of different types of index operations...
2010-04-06
856 reads
Big Iron on Windows 2008 R2, Earning its Keep!
This screenshot goes in the category of “geek porn”… It shows an IA64 system with 256 logical processors and 512GB...
2010-04-06
277 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 5
The DMV for Day 5 is sys.dm_db_mirroring_auto_page_repair, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a row for every automatic page-repair attempt...
2010-04-05
1,023 reads
Microsoft Drops Support For Itanium after SQL Server 2008 R2
Microsoft’s Dan Reger has announced that Microsoft will not be supporting the Itanium architecture after Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL...
2010-04-05
2,337 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 4
The DMV for Day 4 is sys.dm_os_sys_memory, which is described by BOL as:
Returns memory information from the operating system. SQL...
2010-04-04
1,348 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 3
The DMV for Day 3 is sys.dm_os_sys_info, which is described by BOL as:
Returns a miscellaneous set of useful information about...
2010-04-03
1,058 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 2
The DMV for Day 2 is sys.dm_exec_sessions, which is described by BOL as:
Returns one row per authenticated session on SQL...
2010-04-02
405 reads
A DMV a Day – Day 1
Just as an experiment, I am going to post a different DMV query every day for the next 30 days. ...
2010-04-01
886 reads
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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