I recently completed delivering Practical Real World Performance Tuning for Brent Ozar Unlimited and it was great 3 days of delivery. Here are my thoughts about my entire experience and how everything worked out. Let us go on the journey to Behind the Scenes for Teaching Online Class.
SQL SERVER – Optimal Value Max Worker Threads
During Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, one of the DBas asked what is the most optimal value for Max Worker Threads. The question was indeed asked when my customer looked at the value of Max Worker Threads in the Processor sections of the Server Property, they were really worried. The default value of the Max Worker Threads is always set to zero.
SQL SERVER – Performance Comparison IN vs OR
Some questions never get old and some question and I believe we will be discussing them for many more years in the future. Just other days, I received this question during my SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop. The question was about Performance Comparison IN vs OR. Though personally, I have answered this question quite a many times before, let us answer it once again, it never hurts to repeat the truth multiple times.
SQL SERVER – How to Fix CONVERT_IMPLICIT Warnings?
One of the biggest issues I see with at various of my customer who signed up at Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, is about CONVERT_IMPLICIT. As soon as I demonstrate my customer that they are not getting performance due to CONVERT_IMPLICIT their next question is how can they fix the issue of CONVERT_IMPLICIT. In this single blog post, we will learn about how to find this issue and fix it as well.
SQL SERVER – Why Suddenly DBCC CHECKDB Running Very Slow?
Recently during Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I was asked a fascinating question. They wanted to know why suddenly their DBCC CHECKDB process started to run very very slow.
Azure – Which One to Get – Standard Disks or Premium Disks
During Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I have recently a very interesting experience with an Azure. In this blog post, we will discuss which disks are preferred for performance – Standard Disks or Premium Disks. Well, honestly my answer here is very simple Premium Disks. If you stop reading this blog post over here, I am totally fine as well.
SQL Server – Performance Comparison of Function Trim and LTRIM(RTRIM)
While delivering SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop I recently received a question which is related to performance comparison of Trim and LTRIM/RTRIM.