Recompile Monitoring using XEvents
How recompiles can hurt you, and how you can hunt them down using sql_statement_recompile.
2016-03-07
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I/O Baseline Comparison – Idera Diagnostic Manager
What servers need the most attention when it comes to I/O? When I increase the memory on a server what...
2016-02-29
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I/O Baseline Comparison – Idera Diagnostic Manager
What servers need the most attention when it comes to I/O? When I increase the memory on a server what effect does it have on I/O? What was it...
2016-02-29
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Wait Stats Baseline Comparison – Idera Diagnostic Manager
Database servers have to wait on different resources, and these waits are huge to the performance of SQL Server. Sometimes...
2016-02-22
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Wait Stats Baseline Comparison – Idera Diagnostic Manager
Database servers have to wait on different resources, and these waits are huge to the performance of SQL Server. Sometimes something changes without our knowledge and is running differently...
2016-02-22
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Shrinking Database Log Files
Files in SQL Server need to grow as the database grows, and in very specific circumstances need to be shrunk...
2016-02-15
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Shrinking Database Log Files
When should you shrink your log files and what does it mean to performance?
2016-02-15
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Database Log VLFs
Virtual Log Files (VLFs) split a physical database log file into smaller segments, which are required for how log files...
2016-02-08
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Database Log VLFs
Transaction logs are split into VLFs which affects performance. How large are yours and what does that mean for you?
2016-02-08
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TempDB Excessive Memory Usage Example
I see TempDB using more memory than I feel it should and found a way to resolve it. Previously I...
2016-02-05 (first published: 2016-02-01)
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Blogs
Creating a Striped Backup Set with AI
By Steve Jones
I needed to test a striped backup, so I decided to ask the AI’s...
Trace Flag 1448 – Lessons from a Technical Interview
By gbargsley
In SQL Server environments where transactional replication runs alongside Always On Availability Groups (AGs),...
Disable the sa login in SQL Server (and sleep better)
Disable the sa login in SQL Server (and sleep better)If you run SQL Server...
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Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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SQLPS and syspolicy_purge_history job
The SQLPS.exe file has gone AWOL on 2 of my 4 SQL servers, ie,...
Be Wary of Data
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Question of the Day
Locking Hierarchies
You have a table [dbo].[orders] without a Clustered Index (Heap). The table does not have any other nonclustered indexes! You rund the following command in Read Committed Isolation Level:
SELECTo_orderdate,
o_orderkey,
o_custkey,
o_storekey
FROMdbo.orders
WHEREo_orderkey = 3877;