Brent continues his DBA Training Plan: Whenever your queries need to wait on something – storage, locks, memory, whatever – SQL Server tracks what it’s waiting on, and for how long. It’s like you’re seeing INSIDE the server, with all kinds of possible debug points being tracked. All you have to do is ask SQL Server, “What have you been waiting on?”. Here Brent shows you how.
2019-09-27
This week Steve is wondering if you know how to use waits and queues for troubleshooting.
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In which you ask your assistant to fetch your coffee, and time them.
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Paul Randal adds another chapter to his thorough series on knee-jerk wait statistics, focusing on the often-misunderstood PAGELATCH_XX waits.
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This beginner's guide to Wait Stats by Jonathan Kehayias and Erin Stellato is a free PDF download brought to you by SQL Skills and Simple-Talk.
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