Compression Performance with Low Key Selectivity

[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog]
When it comes to enabling data compression in SQL Server I suspect most people don’t do a...

Annual Business Intelligence Survey

This is a reminder to compete the annual Business Intelligence product survey conducted by BARC Research.  I’ve been participating in...

Working on the Road

I spend a decent amount of time on the road, traveling to events. Last year I think I spent 50...

Microsoft Azure Government

I’m sure you are aware of Microsoft Azure, but are you aware there is special version of Azure for U.S....

Query Active Directory from SQL Server

Have you ever had the need to query Active Directory right out of SQL Server using native TSQL?  There are...

Query Active Directory from SQL Server

Have you ever had the need to query Active Directory right out of SQL Server using native TSQL?  There are...

Creating a Domain Controller

The following is a short guide for promoting a Windows Server 2012 Machine to be a domain controller. This assumes...

Memory Fundamentals for SQL Server - References

Book References
https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Professional_SQL_Server_2012_Internals_a.html?id=-TjHHnP8ivEC

https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Microsoft_SQL_Server_2008_Internals.html?id=NJUpAQAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y

https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Microsoft_SQL_Server_2012_Internals.html?id=wK1CAwAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y

Topic Wise Blogs

32-bit / 64-bit

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/07/07/understanding-the-vas-reservation-aka-memtoleave-in-sql-server.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187499(v=sql.105).aspx

/3GB Switch, /PAE Switch, AWE

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/beatrice/2008/08/29/3gb-pae-and-awe-taking-away-some-confusion/

http://blogs.technet.com/b/marcelofartura/archive/2006/09/14/3gb-pae-awe-what-basic.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/b/perfguru/archive/2007/12/05/scenarios-using-3gb-and-pae-switch-and-appropriate-uses-of-these-switches.aspx

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/chadboyd/2007/03/24/pae-and-3gb-and-awe-oh-my/

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/04/29/413425.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/06/03/424905.aspx

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2010/10/12/tsql-tuesday-11-misconceptions-enable-awe-on-64bit-sql-servers.aspx

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/08/24/troubleshooting-the-sql-server-memory-leak-or-understanding-sql-server-memory-usage.aspx

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jonathan_kehayias/archive/2009/07/07/understanding-the-vas-reservation-aka-memtoleave-in-sql-server.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189334(v=sql.105).aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175581(v=sql.105).aspx

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/psssql/2009/09/11/fun-with-locked-pages-awe-task-manager-and-the-working-set/

SQLOS / Processes/ Threads/ CPU Models

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlmeditation/archive/2012/12/13/tasks-worker-threads-scheduler-threads-explain-it-all-and-dmvs.aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189267(v=sql.105).aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176043(v=sql.105).aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee210547(v=sql.105).aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-in/library/ms178074.aspx

https://mssqlwiki.com/2013/01/10/sql-server-operating-system-sos-series-1/

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqljourney/2012/12/16/an-in-depth-look-at-sql-server-memorypart-1/

http://www.practicalsqldba.com/2012/07/sql-server-sql-server-scheduler.html

SQL Memory Components

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/03/18/398651.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/08/30/458036.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/slavao/archive/2005/02/19/376714.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc293624.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188754.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176083.aspx

Keep Learning, Keep Exploring, Keep Experimenting 
P.S....

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