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Performance Monitoring using SQL Server Management Studio - Power of Management Data Warehouse

Published 16 September 8 3:1 AM | SqlServer-QA.net

How many tools do you (need/use0 to monitor the performance of your SQL Server instance(s)? Well, I'm not asking any count on the x number of tools you require to monitor the SQL Server instances within your environment, and Performance Tuning using...

Filed under: sql server, performance, version, conference, configuration, performance monitoring, new feature, management data warehouse, mdw

SQL Server configuration disk layout - best practices from field

Published 3 April 8 3:17 AM | SSQA.net

Configuration of server such as disk and memory is an important factor for SQL Server Performance, there is all about questions within newsgroups and forums that how do I setup the disk layout for a SQL Server database (say, 2005 version). Not only this...

Filed under: sql server, performance, data, log, disk, best practices, tempdb, monitoring, configuration, layout

SQL Server Memory - what's your method on Configuration and Troubleshooting Issues

Published 1 April 8 4:49 AM | SSQA.net

Memory - an important aspect of system performance within a RDBMS platform, not specific to a database product or application. Coming to Microsoft related products such as Windows Server and SQL Server so on, various resources available on web such as...

Filed under: sql server, performance, memory, cache, disk space, troubleshoot, system, best practice, raid, hardware, monitoring, configuration, baseline

Warning: Autogrow of file 'DB File Name' in database 'DB Name' took <number> milliseconds. Consider using ALTER DATABASE to set a smaller FILEGROWTH for this file.

Published 21 February 8 6:22 AM | SSQA.net

The message on subject is self-explanatory where your disk subsystem is referring to SQL Server that it is unable to cope up the demand. Having AUTOGROW option enabled on a SQL Server database is a common setup that allows SQL Server automatically expands...

Filed under: sql server, performance, databases, dba, disk space, error log, monitoring, configuration, alter database, auto grow

Best way to deploy SQL Server 2005 with SAN

Published 28 January 8 2:1 AM | SSQA.net

If it is a first time you are deploying the SQL Server 2005 on a SAN, then there are few things you need to be considered that will be raised by installations that are either deploying SQL Server for the first time or are upgrading to SAN from direct...

Filed under: sql server, performance, tools, 2005, san, best practice, raid, hardware, configuration, benchmarking, downloads, iometer, deployment, sqlio