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  • RE: Best way to check for existing record before an insert

    MyDoggieJessie (4/11/2011)


    This is basically The situation I have in my Data Flow:

    Flat File

    |

    Derived Column

    |

    Data Conversion

    |

    SQL Server Destination

    Are you saying something like:

    Flat...

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  • RE: Can I use Buffer in SSIS ?

    harun-974445 (4/12/2011)


    Hi,Thank you for your interest

    I want to optimize my performance using below actions on my SSIS package

    1.Reading same source once and transfer same Data several destinations using buffer or...

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    Brian Ellul
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  • RE: Tuning image datatype

    Did you check the execution plan to make sure that the index is being used?

    Is there a performance difference when running this statement through SSMS and/or the client application?

    Is there...

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  • RE: Upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2

    Bala' (3/14/2011)


    Why you haven't gone for in-place upgrade?

    Thanks for your reply...

    Yes I can just go for a 'simple' upgrade and do any neccessary cleanup afterwards! In this way I won't...

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    Brian Ellul
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  • RE: Running child packages simultaneously

    Great Thanks! I'll have a look...

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    Brian

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  • RE: Slow SAN?

    TheSQLGuru (12/29/2010)


    brian118 (12/29/2010)


    PaulB-TheOneAndOnly (12/28/2010)


    I'll take #2

    Assuming SAN/Network are working properly chances are you are facing some hot spots. A single file Tempdb sounds like a possible cause but I'll suggest...

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    Brian Ellul
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  • RE: Slow SAN?

    PaulB-TheOneAndOnly (12/28/2010)


    I'll take #2

    Assuming SAN/Network are working properly chances are you are facing some hot spots. A single file Tempdb sounds like a possible cause but I'll suggest to further...

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    Brian Ellul
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    - Albert Einstein -

  • RE: Slow SAN?

    Jeffrey Williams-493691 (12/28/2010)


    A couple of things:

    1) Are you sure you are running SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition and not Standard Edition? Use one of the following to verify:

    Select @@version;

    Select...

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    Brian Ellul
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  • RE: Slow SAN?

    A.J. Wilbur (12/28/2010)


    Is the same as this issue you posted about?

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic1034234-391-1.aspx

    Not exactly since this time I'm directly at the client site, equipped with a much better hardware, however yes I'm...

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    Brian Ellul
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  • RE: KILL Session

    Sean Lange (12/20/2010)


    Why are trying to kill off these sessions? This sounds like you are having problems with the connection pool?

    Not really! One of our client requested this feature to...

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    Brian Ellul
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  • RE: Data Compression and Index Rebuild

    Nadrek (12/17/2010)


    brian118 (12/17/2010)


    Thanks for your feedback!

    I have 8 core allocated to the SQL Instance, and although I specify MAXDOP=4 for the index rebuild operation, I'm seeing only ONE core spiking...

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    Brian Ellul
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  • RE: Data Compression and Index Rebuild

    Nadrek (12/16/2010)


    Watch CPU core performance during the rebuild; on a 16 core physical box, using 2008 R2 Enterprise (i.e. parallel rebuild), and up to 500MB/s of sequential disk transfer rate...

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    Brian Ellul
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  • RE: The FILL FACTOR

    faelconn1ck (12/15/2010)


    What's the consequences if wrong fill factor has been set. So called poor performance will cause something like deadlock or query timeout?

    With poor performance i understand slow Selects or...

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    Brian Ellul
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  • RE: Evaluating Partitioning

    Oliiii (11/22/2010)


    If the index you are rebuilding is a partitioned index you could only rebuild the index of a specific partition (See ALTER INDEX in BOL).

    If you use 2 tables...

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    Brian Ellul
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  • RE: MAXDOP

    Nakul Vachhrajani (11/19/2010)


    Can you confirm if the SQL Server is configured to use all processors (CPU affinity)?

    Also, depending upon the query and the load, SQL Server can choose not to...

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    Brian Ellul
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