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SQL Server 2005 PERFMON counter spikes in Transactions/sec and Buffer Cache Hit ratio, what does it say?

Published 14 March 8 4:16 AM | SSQA.net

Recently I was involved in one of the Performance Audit exercise at a client's place where they complain about Server CPU is always HIGH and what they have observed is even the physical disk where TEMPDB is located has been used extensively, as they...

Filed under: sql server, perfmon, performance, dmv, cache, buffer, sysmon, tempdb, monitoring, temp tables, worktables, workfiles, ratio

How to Analyze the PERFMON (SYSMON) data?

Published 20 August 7 1:26 PM | SSQA.net

As you may aware the PERFMON (SYSMON) utility provides much information to analyze on the systems resource usage, I support and suggest to make use of this tool as much as you can with a default templates within our environment. You may be aware the data...

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Stored procedures performance issues

Published 8 May 7 5:57 AM | SqlServer-QA.net (SSQA)

Every now and then I tend to see lot of questions such as "We have a web application which interacts with SQL Server through Stored Procs. Every so often it seems the response time for an individual Stored Proc will go from a few seconds to a few...

Filed under: sql server, package, stats, perfmon, profiler, performance

Using PERFMON to get memory counters, what you need to check?

Published 8 May 7 4:17 AM | SqlServer-QA.net (SSQA)

Refer to AWE if you have enabled the AWE in thsi case. Another piece of advice is if this is not a dedicated SQL Server then make sure you have monitoring MemToLeave information too, as it manage the transaction log requirements. Refer to pages/sec counter...

Filed under: sql server, perfmon, performance, memory