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  • RE: SQLIO / SQLIOISM: Must be installed on sql host?

    Stop SQL first. They are IO stress test tools, they will push the IO subsystem as hard as it can go. You don't want SQL trying to get to its...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: SQLIO / SQLIOISM: Must be installed on sql host?

    I wouldn't recommend running either on a box that already has SQL running on it, unless you stop SQL for the duration.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Change FillFactor back to 0 on DB

    The counter does not distinguish between mid-index page splits (that cause data to be moved and result in fragmentation) and end-index page splits that just add a page to the...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Change FillFactor back to 0 on DB

    opc.three (6/26/2011)


    I always use PerfMon, not sure if it's available in a DMV. If you find a DMV/F please post back 😀

    Except that the perfmon counter doesn't actjually track page...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Is it safe to restart sql server service?

    Yuri55 (6/25/2011)


    I know that DB recovery happened every time we restarting service. But is it safe, can it result in data corruption or sql server takes care perfectly about everything?

    Nothing...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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  • RE: Double Insert Possible ?

    opc.three (6/26/2011)


    Snapshot iso is the other level you could consider. It is the only other read-consistent iso level besides serializable. I say consider because I have never looked at it...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR DATABASE BEFORE REBUILDING INDEX

    Make sure you have enough log space. Other than that, pretty much nothing

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Alternate options of SQL Profiler

    Use a server-side trace (profiler without the GUI)

    Gail Shaw
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    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Double Insert Possible ?

    homebrew01 (6/25/2011)


    Seemed to me that you might get duplicates though because the same batch could be getting inserted at the same time.

    Absolutely. You'd need some nasty isolation level to prevent...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: SQL Server Memory Settings

    Set the max memory low enough that there's enough free for the OS and any other apps on the server. There's no absolute rule with absolute formulas.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: SQL Server Memory Settings

    Sourav-657741 (6/25/2011)


    Do I need rememeber anything more while setting the SQL Server memory configuration for SQL SErver 2005?

    Anything more than what?

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Double Insert Possible ?

    Absolutely there's a chance. A good one.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Jim Murphy (6/24/2011)


    GilaMonster (6/24/2011)


    Brain overfull. Firehose-style class. So glad I have a short vacation after this.

    Awesome. Some day, I'll enjoy it. You will blog about your experience there,...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    Brain overfull. Firehose-style class. So glad I have a short vacation after this.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
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  • RE: SP cache question

    A couple

    http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2009/07/10/why-the-dmvs-are-not-a-replacement-for-sql-trace/

    Weekly is no where near enough. Hourly maybe, with the exception of plans that are never cached. If you need a correct record of procedures executed, modify each to...

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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