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SQL Server 2005 Scalability and Performance - recommended limit on number of instances on a clustered environment?
04 April 08 02:48 AM | SQL Master | 3 Comments   

This is a very tricky question and hard to stick to 1 or few solutions as answer, it depends! Overall the say is if there isn’t any resource contention (from your pre-installation testing & analysis) and there is enough of each resource to go around, Read More...

Filed under: sql server, memory, clustered, i/o, best practice, resources, monitoring, maintenance plan, performance monitoring, configuration, contention

SQL server Temporary Tables, Table Variables and Recompiles - interesting scenario
17 January 08 01:23 AM | SQL Master | 2 Comments   

Usage of Temporary tables or variables is a common scenario in SQL Server world, since SQL Server 2005 usage of TEMPDB references to the blog posts here: http://sqlserver-qa.net/blogs/tools/archive/2007/04/05/sql-server-index-optimization-best-practices.aspx Read More...

Filed under: performance, sql server, blocking, msdn, tablesample, tempdb, best practice, FAQ, monitoring, maintenance plan, benchmarking, table variable, temp tables

SQL Server Query Performance - think about page split and fragmentation, measures to reduce the behaviour and best use of dm_db_index_physical_stats DMV
14 January 08 01:22 AM | SQL Master | 2 Comments   

It is an universal truth in the database field that due to the fragmentation and page split the performance will be affected even for a simple [ SELECT <ColumnName> from.... ] type of query. So what you need to check or take action in terms of DBA Read More...

Filed under: performance, sql server, dmv, indexes, dba, best practice, maintenance plan, performance monitoring, sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats, measures