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SQL Server 2008 features and getting through CTP, RC, RTM. Are we there yet?

Published 14 May 8 3:23 AM | SSQA.net

I'm not going to shoot any questions to Microsoft about RTM release for SQL Server 2008, as it was made it clear from The Data Platform Insider blog post as: Extract: "Over the coming months, customers and partners can look forward to significant...

Filed under: sql server, performance, blogs, ssms, dba, dmf, best practice, new features, resource governor, policy based framework

SQL Server 2008 Resource Governor FAQ

Published 25 February 8 1:36 AM | SSQA.net

Bottlenecks aka locking & blocking is a quite common scenario within a RDBMS platform, that too SQL Server is not an exception at all. With an access to shared resources causes bottlenecks and demands on shared resources cause poor response time and...

Filed under: sql server, performance, memory, dba, i/o, disk, 2008, development, cpu, best practice, capture, resource governor

SQL Server Query Performance - think about page split and fragmentation, measures to reduce the behaviour and best use of dm_db_index_physical_stats DMV

Published 14 January 8 2:22 AM | SSQA.net

It is an universal truth in the database field that due to the fragmentation and page split the performance will be affected even for a simple [ SELECT <ColumnName> from.... ] type of query. So what you need to check or take action in terms of DBA...

Filed under: sql server, performance, indexes, maintenance plan, dmv, dba, best practice, performance monitoring, sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats, measures

SQL Server: How do I identify the queries that are worth tuning?

Published 16 November 7 7:2 AM | SSQA.net

Have you ever asked this question about how do I identify the queries that worth tuning? The simple answer it is neither easy or hard to obtain such information if you have managed your SQL Server by deploying industry best practices (wherever possible...

Filed under: sql server, performance, management, microsoft, blogs, technet, dmv, dba, best practice, slow query

Disk Space Requirements for Index DDL Operations

Published 28 September 7 8:38 AM | SSQA.net

Are you watching your disk space during the indexes operations where these database objects are stored? Recently I was stumped on a database that is only 5GB had reindexing process failure due to 10% of disk free space was available. For your information...

Filed under: sql server, performance, indexes, dba, optimization, disk space, best practice, hardware, disks, sorting, reindexing