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Common SQL Server Mishaps

SQL Performance

I've been teaching and writing about common SQL Server mistakes for many years. This article will expand on my previous article and point out how these apply to SQL Server , Azure SQL Database , and Azure SQL Managed Instance. SQL Server Agent alerts. I always check backups first when looking at a new system.

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USENIX SREcon APAC 2022: Computing Performance: What's on the Horizon

Brendan Gregg

This talk originated from my updates to [Systems Performance 2nd Edition], and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! CXL in a way allows a custom memory controller to be added to a system, to increase memory capacity, bandwidth, and overall performance. Ford, et al., “TCP

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Does SQL Server 2016 Require Trace Flag -T8048?

SQL Server According to Bob

Prior to SQL Server 2016 the trace flag –T8048 is used to upgrade (only) NUMA partitioned, CMemThread objects to CPU partitioned based objects. Keep in mind that the vast majority of CMemThread objects (SQL 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, Azure DB and 2016) are not partitioned. There are several benefits to this design.

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Sending SentryOne Data to the Azure SQL Database DTU Calculator

SQL Performance

If so, you may have heard about the Azure SQL Database DTU calculator , and you may have also read about how it has been reverse engineered by Andy Mallon. Do not expect the data to start flowing into the tables immediately; this will take time to make its way through the system. PerformanceAnalysisDataDatabaseCounter.

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Deprecated features to take out of your toolbox – Part 2

SQL Performance

In my last post , I illustrated one reason you should stop using deprecated system tables like sysprocesses. Since SQL Server 2012 (and, to a much lesser extent, since SQL Server 2008), the most complete and flexible solution for monitoring events on a SQL Server instance has been Extended Events.

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SQL Server Mysteries: The Case of TDE and Permanent Tempdb Encryption

SQL Server According to Bob

My goal is to resolve mysteries about SQL Server I encounter but do this without going straight the source code first. The first case that helped me start this journey was asked by a MVP within the SQL Server community (his first name starts with Joey<g>). The question went something like this….

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Strongly Type Those Table-Valued Parameters

SQL Performance

Table-valued parameters have been around since SQL Server 2008 and provide a useful mechanism for sending multiple rows of data to SQL Server, brought together as a single parameterized call. The DataTable can be created multiple ways in the.NET code, but a common way to create the table is something like the following: System.

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