When you are planning data platform consolidation, it is very important to track down the changes in the overall system performance after the actual migration is done. You should understand the differences in the configurations and performance of the instances and databases. Then you will also understand better how well the actual planning work went, and which are the possible challenges in the data platform.
SQL SERVER – Error: 825 – A Read of the File at Offset Succeeded After Failing 1 Time(s)
One of my clients contacted me to give advice about an error. In this blog, we would discuss error message – A read of the file at offset succeeded after failing 1 time(s)
SQL SERVER – Stretch Database – ERROR: The Provided Location is Not Available for Resource Group
This was my first experiment with this feature called Stretch Database. I have started the wizard and encountered at the very end. Here is the error message.
Do Queries Always Respect Cost Threshold of Parallelism? – Interview Question of the Week #216
Question: Do Queries Always Respect Cost Threshold of Parallelism?
SQL SERVER – List Query Plan, Cache Size, Text and Execution Count
I love the curious questions from people who attended the class. Here is one such question during recent SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop. Let us see the question which I received about the Query Plan.
SQL SERVER – Difference Between Status in SP_Who2 – Running, Pending, Runnable, Suspended, Sleeping
One of the most popular questions I receive during my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check is a difference between status in sp_who2 which discusses status as Running, Pending, Runnable, Suspended. Let us today understand them with regards to CPU.
SQL Monitor 9 – Proactively Monitor Large SQL Server Estates
The way it works out in most cases is, when organizations are small, the team put in place rock-solid plans to monitor their servers.
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.
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