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SQL SERVER – Difference Between Status in SP_Who2 – Running, Pending, Runnable, Suspended, Sleeping

March 15, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Disk, SQL CPU, SQL Server

What is the difference between Running, Runnable, Pending, Suspended and Sleeping status in sp_who2? I explain each one simply, in terms of CPU and IO.

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Watching Many Servers Without Buying Anything

March 14, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Best Practices, Database, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Use scheduled snapshots to monitor SQL Server with central storage, failure reporting, and four focused queries collected every five minutes.

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Finding Procedures That Reference Databases That No Longer Exist

March 13, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
DBA, Dynamic SQL, SQL Dependency, SQL Stored Procedure

Find procedures that reference databases missing from the instance, retain review coverage, and check dynamic SQL and synonyms separately.

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Instance Health in One Query: Uptime, Memory, CPU and Waits

March 12, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
In-Memory OLTP, Memory Lane, SQL CPU, SQL Memory

Check instance health in one result set with uptime, memory, a recent CPU sample, leading waits, and the user-session count.

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SQL SERVER - Priority Boost and SSMS 18

SQL SERVER – Priority Boost and SSMS 18

March 11, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration, SQL Server Management Studio

My client thought SQL Server dropped the Priority Boost setting. It did not. Here is what changed with Priority Boost and SSMS 18 on the Processors page.

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How to Know When Memory Constraints are Negatively Impacting CPU in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #216

March 10, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

How do you know when memory constraints are hurting CPU in SQL Server? Someone asked me this loaded question before a Health Check, and here is my answer.

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SQL SERVER – Default Worker Threads Per Number of CPUs

March 9, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

The default Worker Threads limit depends on SQL Server version, logical CPUs and memory. A workshop reader asked about automatic configuration.

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