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Dec14

SQL SERVER – What the Business Says Is Not What the Business Wants

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Best Practices, Shrinking Database
5 Comments

Let us discuss about What the Business Says Is Not What the Business Wants. Steve raised a very interesting question.

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Dec13

SQL SERVER – What is Page Life Expectancy (PLE) Counter

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts
70 Comments
During performance tuning consultationconsultation, there are plenty of counters and values, I often come across. Today we will quickly talk about Page Life Expectancy counter, which is commonly known as PLE as well. You can find the value of the PLE by running the following query. SELECT [object_name], [counter_name], [cntr_value]…
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Dec12

SQL SERVER – Activity Monitor and Performance Issue

Pinal Dave
SQL
Best Practices, SQL Server, SQL Utility
2 Comments

We had a wonderful SQLAuthority News – Community Tech Days – December 11, 2010 event yesterday. During this event SQL Expert Jacob shared a very interesting story related to activity monitor.

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Dec11

SQLAuthority News – SQL Server 2008 R2 System Views Map

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks, SQLAuthority News
SQL Documentation, SQL Download
4 Comments
SQL Server 2008 R2 System Views Map is released. I am very proud that my organization (Solid Quality Mentors) is part of making this possible. This map shows the key system views included in SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2, and the relationships between them. SQL Server 2008 R2 System…
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Dec10

SQL SEVER – Finding Memory Pressure – External and Internal

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Scripts, SQL Server
10 Comments

The following query will provide details of external and internal memory pressure. It will return the data how much portion in the existing memory is assigned to what kind of memory type.

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Dec9

SQLAuthority News – Community Tech Days – SharePoint Server

Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
MVP, SharePoint, SQLAuthority Author Visit
1 Comment

Community Tech Days are very close on December 11. I will be speaking in the following session. Best Database Practice for SharePoint Server.

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Dec8

SQL SERVER – Installing AdventureWorks for SQL Server

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Backup, SQL Restore, SQL Sample Database, SQL Scripts, SQL Server Management Studio
6 Comments

I just began with SQL Server 2012. The very first thing, I realized that there is no AdventureWorks Sample Database available for Denali. I quickly searched online and reached to Microsoft documentation where it provides information on the how to install (restore) AdventureWorks for SQL Server .

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SQL SERVER – What the Business Says Is Not What the Business Wants

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SQL SERVER – Activity Monitor and Performance Issue

SQLAuthority News – SQL Server 2008 R2 System Views Map

SQL SEVER – Finding Memory Pressure – External and Internal

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SQLAuthority News – Community Tech Days – SharePoint Server

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Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 18 SQL Server database books and 117 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.

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