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As of now (this post written date) the Service Pack1 for SQL Server 2012 still in CTP4 stage for your own testing on enhancements, which will be ready in next few weeks time as a full RTM'd downloadable package.
During the preliminary testing the list of f...
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As a DBA parallelism or MAXDOP terms do not need any special introduction, but it is highlgy essential to keep up the necessary settings (default value is 0) on your data platform. In many cases MAXDOP helps to achieve optimization for SQL Server processes...
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Until SQL Server 2005 SP3 I used to remember the version from the build number of SQL Server, however since 2008 version it was hard to remember due to the fact of cumulative update package releases.
Since the changes affected from SQL Server Release Servi...
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The key element of data storage in SQL Server is managed in pages, that means the database data files are logically divided into pages contiguously starting from 0 to n. So all the I/O based operations are performed and managed at the page level which lead...
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This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Erin Stellato, asking participants to talk about “A Day in the Life”.
I had been ignoring this event all this while and it’s because I had other things on my plate, and this time I had deci...
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In continuation to my previous posts on waits, [Waiting on wait tasks, adds more weight to fix a performance problem] I got few follow up references on the other wait types async_network_io (SQL 2005 onwards) and networkio (until SQL 2000).
Just on basics...
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Waits are helpful to find missing link for us to find the root cause for a performance problem, let it be a small problem or big problem the wait statistics plays key role in tracking down a performance related problem.
In the recent times I had to spend l...
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In my earlier post Blip at 2 AM - Scene 1, I had introduced to a situation wherein I had to figure out performance issue of a busy 24x7 system with a problem statement in a one liner. That was Scene 1 of Act 1, and here is what happened in the Scene 2 of A...
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Have you ever had a one liner issue from the clients saying "Blip at 2 AM!". If you have then I am happy that I have a company, and if you haven't one like mine then you are saved.
A little old case, but great learning on how to handle performance issues t...
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Error Management is a key task in any project or task that you handle.
Since the SQL Server 2005 version the Management Tools (SQL Server Management Studio) equipped with majority of tools to obtain such information related to the instance or database. One...
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