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TSQL to get a quick information on detailed distribution of memory allocated

Published 10 January 8 3:4 PM | SSQA.net

By design the components that are aware of the SQL Server memory management mechanisms use the buffer pool for small memory allocations. If the allocation is bigger than 8 KB, these components use memory outside of the buffer pool through the multi-page...

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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...

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How to find list of DMVs & DMFs?

Published 31 May 7 9:22 AM | SSQA.net

As most of blogs in this section travels through usage of Dynamic Management Views (DMV) & Dynamic Management Functions (DMF) I have had an email asking What is DMV & DMF and how to find list of them from a SQL Server instance. The internal mechanism...

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How to find that a query could benefit from an index?

Published 30 April 7 5:48 AM | SqlServer-QA.net (SSQA)

Performance is most required achievement in a multi-user environment, using SQL Server 2005 this can be achieved with a few statments execution. Firstly you need determine the issues by finding which query or queries are causing issues in achieving performance...

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