I consider myself fortunate that I get to work with so many different clients while engaged in Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Recently we found out that one of the third party application for the client is not closing the connections which they open after completing the transactions. This was negatively affecting their performance. We immediately opened the ticket with the third party application and while they provide the solution after patching the application we decided to kill all the inactive sessions.
Dirty Pages – How to List Dirty Pages From Memory in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #223
Question: How to List Dirty Pages From Memory in SQL Server? Answer: I received question today during my SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop.
SQL SERVER – Error: 9642 – An error occurred in a Service Broker/Database Mirroring transport connection endpoint
During my consultancy engagement, my client’s DBA team was checked ERRORLOG and asked me the possible cause of below error about service broker.
SQL SERVER 2008 R2 – I Support You Beyond July 9 2019
One of my clients is primarily using SQL Server 2008 R2 for most of their application. SQL SERVER 2008 R2 – I Support You Beyond July 9 2019
SQL SERVER – Global Variable @@DEF_SORTORDER_ID – Old and May be Deprecated
I always blog about things which are new and updated but today we are going to write about something which is very old and it is near deprecated. We are going to about the global variable @@DEF_SORTORDER_ID. Let us see what it is and how it was used once.
Recorded Class Instant Learning – SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop
There is a huge demand for this workshop as it contains around 3 hours and 49 minutes of unique recorded content which is considered as absolutely Trade Secret for SQL Server Performance Tuning Consultant.
DBA Fundamentals – 3 Performance Tuning Tricks you Always Wanted to Know
Today we will see a free online video which I did for DBA Fundamentals Virtual Chapters for PASS. The title of the video is 3 Performance Tuning Tricks you Always Wanted to Know.
Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.
Pinal has authored 14 SQL Server database books and 104Â Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.
Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.
Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).
Nupur Dave is a social media enthusiast and an independent consultant. She primarily focuses on the database domain, helping clients build short and long-term multi-channel campaigns to drive leads for their sales pipeline.
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