SQL Shack

MAY 12, 2021

This article intends is to give helpful SQL Server performance tuning advice to those who want to learn performance tuning. Introduction One day a rooky database administrator has said to me: Understanding and solving SQL performance issues require an enormous amount of work.

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SQL Shack

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In this article, we will explore, how we can increase SQL Server performance with the help of the wait statistics. Wait statistics are one of the most important indicators to identify performance issues in SQL Server.

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SQL Shack

JANUARY 5, 2021

In this article, we will explore how the ORDER BY statement affects the query performance and we will also learn some performance tips related to sorting operations in SQL Server. The duration and resource (CPU and memory) consumption of the sort operation will change depending on the number of rows to be sorted.

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SQL Shack

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In this article, we will explore how we can use SQL Server extended events to monitor query performance in SQL Server. Introduction Monitoring the query performance is one of the important diagnosis methods to uncover poorly performing queries. However, sometimes this can be a bit of struggling activity.

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SQL Shack

APRIL 19, 2021

In this article, we’ll show a process for SQL Server performance tuning, and several tools, tips and techniques you can use to monitor performance and take the necessary steps to improve it. SQL Server is a common platform for enterprise-grade database workloads.

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SQL Performance

AUGUST 1, 2022

Recently I covered some of the T-SQL improvements in SQL Server 2022 here , and Aaron Bertrand covered additional improvements here. Microsoft just announced the release of SQL Server 2022 CTP 2.1. In this article, I focus on the distinct predicate and the approximate percentile functions. The DATETRUNC function. So far so good.

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DZone

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As I mentioned in my previous article Part 1 , let's explore how such a transition can be effectively managed. The Monolithic Challenge Imagine a scenario where you have a large-scale, monolithic system - possibly a bulky C# console application or an extensive SQL Server stored procedure.

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SQL Shack

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In this article, we will learn how to use Apache JMeter to perform a load test on SQL Server. This test type enables us to measure the application behaviors under specific conditions so that it enables us to observe a variety of resource consumptions (CPU, memory, latency, response times, etc) and it also helps to […].

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SQL Shack

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In this article, we will learn the Delayed Durability feature that helps to improve transaction log file write throughput in SQL Server. Therefore, the transaction completion time becomes more important for the performance of the OLTP databases. […].

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SQL Shack

APRIL 15, 2024

The purpose of this article is to give newbies some basic advice about SQL performance tuning that helps to improve their query tuning skills in SQL Server. Introduction The performance tuning aims to optimize and reduce the response time of the queries so that we can provide fast and reliable access to data for the […]

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Percona

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Whenever you install your favorite MySQL server on a freshly created Ubuntu instance, you start by updating the configuration for MySQL, such as configuring buffer pool, changing the default datadir director, and disabling one of the most outstanding features – query cache. This can negatively impact performance and cause delays.

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SQL Shack

AUGUST 17, 2021

This article intends to give information about the SQL Server filtered indexes and their performance impacts. Introduction Indexes are the special data structures that help to improve the performance of the queries in SQL Server.

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SQL Shack

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This article aims to provide some beneficial tips about SQL Server extended events that make it easier to create and use event sessions. Introduction SQL Server extended events is a performance monitoring tool that has the ability to collect various event data of the SQL Server.

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SQL Shack

JUNE 25, 2021

In this article, we will focus on one major SQL Server performance issue that we may experience during heavy data insertion in a table. Introduction SQL Server allocates some memory from the operating system, and this is because it is designed to do all read and modification operations in memory instead of on disk.

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SQL Shack

OCTOBER 14, 2021

This article explores the Causality tracking option in the SQL Server Extended Events session(XEvents) and its usefulness in troubleshooting performance issues. Introduction to SQL Server Extended Events(XEvent) The SQL Server Extended event (XEvent) is a lightweight tool to collect data for troubleshooting.

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SQL Performance

MAY 24, 2022

Microsoft recently released the first public preview of SQL Server 2022. In this article I focus on windowing and NULL-related improvements. I’ll be using the sample database TSQLV6 in the examples in this article. Conclusion and Other T-SQL Improvements in SQL Server 2022. This release has a number of T-SQL improvements.

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SQL Shack

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This article explains some of the popular SQL Server monitoring tools and techniques. Database monitoring: a quick reminder Database monitoring is a set of tools and techniques used to create and maintain an application infrastructure that is highly available and performs at high speed.

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SQL Performance

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Even SQL Server stores some flag-based data using bitwise representation. Setting the server configuration option “ user options” using bitwise representation. Prior to SQL Server 2022, T-SQL had minimal support for bit manipulation. Querying the current session’s state of session options with the @@OPTIONS function.

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SQL Shack

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In this article, we will learn some query hints and trace flags that impact the query performance and also influence the SQL Server query optimizer’s default execution plan generation algorithm.

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SQL Shack

MARCH 31, 2021

In this article, we will learn the essentials of the temp tables in SQL Server and we will also discuss some performance tips about temporary tables. As its name indicates, temporary tables are used to store data temporarily and they can perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete), join, and […].

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DZone

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In this article, I’m going to demonstrate how you can migrate a comprehensive web application from MySQL to YugabyteDB using the open-source data migration engine YugabyteDB Voyager. Nowadays, many people migrate their applications from traditional, single-server relational databases to distributed database clusters.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Measuring Performance With Server Timing. Measuring Performance With Server Timing. When undertaking any sort of performance optimisation work, one of the very first things we learn is that before you can improve performance you must first measure it. Browsers now even have performance audits built right in.

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SQL Shack

AUGUST 27, 2021

In this article, we will take a glance at the fundamentals of SQL Server statistics and discover their interaction with the query processing steps with simple examples. Getting Started with SQL Server statistics SQL Server statistics are one of the key inputs for the query optimizer during generating a query plan.

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SQL Shack

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In this article, we will explore in detail the factors that cause SQL Server stored procedures to be recompiled. Introduction SQL Server Stored procedures are the make-ready T-SQL codes that can be executed again and again by the database users to perform data manipulation commands and data definition commands.

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SQL Shack

AUGUST 27, 2021

This article explores Persist sampling rate feature for automatic SQL Server statistics update. Introduction DBA should always focus on the optimal database performance as it is directly related to the application’s performance. Indexes help DBA to optimize queries based on the user data requirements. […].

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DZone

APRIL 30, 2020

Following on my previous article. I needed basic information on RAM, CPU, Disk, Networking, and I/O to assess the performance bottleneck for the serve. Run your own Video Conference Service with Jitsi , I started looking for a reliable solution to monitor my instance that runs Jitsi.

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SQL Shack

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

In this article, we will talk about fundamental details of the transactions in SQL Server. Introduction A transaction is the logical work unit that performs a single activity or multiple activities in a database. Transactions may consist of a single read, write, delete, or update operations or a combination of these.

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SQL Shack

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In this article, we will explore a new SQL Server 2019 feature which is Scalar UDF (scalar user-defined) inlining. Scalar UDF inlining is a member of the intelligent query processing family and helps to improve the performance of the scalar-valued user-defined functions without any code changing.

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Smashing Magazine

MAY 16, 2022

Rethinking Server-Timing As A Critical Monitoring Tool. Rethinking Server-Timing As A Critical Monitoring Tool. In the world of HTTP Headers, there is one header that I believe deserves more air-time and that is the Server-Timing header. Setting Server-Timing. Sean Roberts. 2022-05-16T10:00:00+00:00.

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SQL Shack

AUGUST 23, 2021

In this article, we will go through some details about SQL Server statistics. The first step into SQL Server statistics The query plan is a set of instructions that describes how a query will be executed by the database engine. The query plans are created by the query optimizer in SQL Server and it requires […].

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SQL Shack

DECEMBER 5, 2019

This article discusses the Forwarded Records and its performance issues for heap tables in SQL Server. Heap introduction and performance issues A page of 8KB is the smallest unit of storage in SQL Server. In each page of SQL Server, we have a 96-bytes header to store the system information.

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SQL Shack

JULY 15, 2020

In this article, we will proceed with configuring a SQL Server Always On Availability Groups and perform failover validations. You should go through the following articles and build the infrastructure before proceeding with this article.

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DZone

MAY 8, 2023

Batch request processing is a powerful technique used in web development to improve the performance of APIs. In other words, a single API request from a client can be turned into multiple API requests to a set of backend servers, and the responses are aggregated into a single response to the client.

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DZone

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Since you need to access multiple components (servers, databases, network infrastructure, applications, etc.) Logs hold many valuable insights into what’s happening in your applications and can indicate performance problems, security issues, and user behavior.

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SQL Shack

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

This article explores the Hybrid Buffer Pool feature available in the SQL Server 2019. Introduction SQL Server uses Dynamic Random Access Memory (D-RAM) buffer pool for caching data pages retrieved from the disk. The buffer cache stores the page and writes back to disk only if it is modified.

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Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

That performance golden rule still holds true today. Server-timing headers are a key tool in understanding what's happening within that black box of Time to First Byte (TTFB). Cue server-timing headers Historically, when looking at page speed, we've had the tendency to ignore TTFB when trying to optimize the user experience.

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SQL Shack

APRIL 5, 2021

This article intends to give some details about the query optimization process in SQL Server. Introduction The query optimization is very grinding work for the database professionals who desire to overcome performance issues of the queries. In this context, understanding […].

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