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An approach to index tuning – Part 2

SQL Performance

In my last post , I started to outline the process I go through when tuning queries – specifically when I discover that I need to add a new index, or modify an existing one. value ( '(@Database) [1 ]' , 'varchar(128)' ) AS DatabaseName , obj. This is where index tuning becomes an art. nodes ( '.

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Reinventing Performance Testing: New Architectures

Alex Podelko

I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. I decided to publish a few parts here to see if anything triggers a discussion. – Cloud. – Agile. – Continuous Integration.

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PostgreSQL Connection Pooling: Part 1 – Pros & Cons

Scalegrid

In that environment, the first PostgreSQL developers decided forking a process for each connection to the database is the safest choice. It would be a shame if your database crashed, after all. Developers are often strongly discouraged from holding a database connection while other operations take place.

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Percona Database Performance Blog 2018 Year in Review: Top Blog Posts

Percona

Let’s look at some of the most popular Percona Database Performance Blog posts in 2018. With the Percona Database Performance Blog, Percona staff and leadership work hard to provide the open source community with insights, technical support, predictions and metrics around multiple open source database software technologies.

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What Adrian Did Next?—?Part 2?—?Sun Microsystems

Adrian Cockcroft

I became the Sun UK local specialist in performance and hardware, and as Sun transitioned from a desktop workstation company to sell high end multiprocessor servers I was helping customers find and fix scalability problems. We had specializations in hardware, operating systems, databases, graphics, etc.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #1

SQL Server According to Bob

Microsoft SQL Server I/O Basics Author: ​​ Bob Dorr, Microsoft SQL Server Escalation Published: ​​ December, 2004 SUMMARY: ​​ Learn the I/O requirements for Microsoft SQL Server database file operations. Then follow the instructions to either download the BOL or browse online.

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The challenge is on! Community call for creating the fastest number series generator

SQL Performance

Testing different base table cardinalities is just one dimension to try. I’ll present the performance tests that I’ve done with my solution. You can create supporting tables in the user database if needed. Let’s proceed to performance testing. I tested my solutions in SQL Server 2019 Enterprise edition.

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