So You're the New DBA
In a new DBA role, Daryl Quadros brings us a list of the first tasks you should perform.
View ArticleIntegrating Profiler and PerfMon Log Files
In this article I'll show how to create a PerfMon counters log file and SQL Profiler Trace file, how to read them both and how to correlate the two files in SQL Profiler.
View ArticleScreencast: Tracking memory with PerfMon counters
Learn how to use SQL Server PerfMon counters to track Windows memory. SQL Server MVP Kevin Kline explains the maximum numbers to watch for when using PerfMon memory counters.
View ArticleSQL Server 2008’s Management Data Warehouse
This article looks at the new Management Data Warehouse (MDW) that is incorporated into SQL Server 2008. This warehouse is performance analysis and capacity planning tool for DBAs. This article will...
View ArticleScreencast: SQL PerfMon counters for buffer manager
SQL Server MVP Kevin Kline focuses on PerfMon counters for SQL Server and shares best practices for tracking IO intensive access methods and buffer manager activity.
View ArticleMeasuring Performance of Stored Procedures
Database developers need to write stored procedures which are not only fully functional, but also which perform acceptably. This article concentrates on some of the counters used to measure performance...
View ArticleMonitoring Report Execution Performance with Execution Logs
This article presents an excerpt from the book, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Step by Step, by Stacia Misner and Hitachi Consulting. Learn how to monitor reporting services by...
View ArticleInvestigating SQL Server 2008 Wait Events with XEVENTS
Some reasons for the slow-running of database applications aren't obvious. Occasionally, even the profiler won't tell you enough to remedy a problem, especially when a SQL Statement is being forced to...
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Resource Governer
"Cut the backup time by hours and the file size by 80%" Hazel Cawood, Systems AnalystFind out how much time and space you can save with SQL Backup Pro. Get compressed, encrypted and fully verified...
View ArticleWhat SQL Statements Are Currently Executing?
This article describes a utility that allows you to identify what SQL statements are currently executing.
View ArticleFinding Execution Time of a SQL Statement
Capturing the execution time for rebuilding an index for set of tables.
View ArticleMonitoring Your Servers : Data Collection vs. Performance Advisor
An article sponsored by SQL Sentry that compares how the Data Collector in SQL Server 2008 and SQL Sentry's Performance Advisor can be used with your SQL Server. Written by MVP Aaron Bertrand.
View ArticleCollecting performance counters and using SQL Server to analyze the data
Quite frequently I find myself in situation where I need to get detailed information on performance monitor counters. For example I need to determine which processes are consuming all CPU at certain...
View ArticleAutomating Performance Monitor Statistics Collection for SQL Server and Windows
You have about 100 SQL Servers installed in your production environment. You have performance problems on few of the servers, but they happen during the time when you are not watching the servers. So,...
View ArticleRetaining historical index usage statistics for SQL Server - Part 3
In this, the third of the four part series on persisting the rowset results from the indexing Dynamic Management Views cached in temporary internal SQL Server structures we will explore what is...
View ArticleThe DBA as Detective: Troubleshooting Locking and Blocking
Rodney Landrum describes in his own unique style how he, as a working DBA, goes about troubleshooting problem queries, and investigating various types of locking and blocking problems. In the process,...
View ArticleDon't Build a Monitoring System
Should you buy or build a monitoring system for your SQL Server? Todays' guest editorial from Grant Fritchey talks about the resistance to recommendations that many people seem to have.
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Don't Build a Monitoring System
Should you buy or build a monitoring system for your SQL Server? Todays' guest editorial from Grant Fritchey talks about the resistance to recommendations that many people seem to have. How do you...
View ArticleDon't Build a Monitoring System
Should you buy or build a monitoring system for your SQL Server? Todays' guest editorial from Grant Fritchey talks about the resistance to recommendations that many people seem to have.
View ArticleDon't Build a Monitoring System
Should you buy or build a monitoring system for your SQL Server? Todays' guest editorial from Grant Fritchey talks about the resistance to recommendations that many people seem to have.
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