SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

Is your SQL Server running slow and you want to speed it up without sharing server credentials? In my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we can work together remotely and resolve your biggest performance troublemakers in less than 4 hours.

Once you learn my business secrets, you will fix the majority of problems in the future.

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Essentially I share my business secrets to optimize SQL Server performance.

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Oct26

SQL Authroity News – Optimizing Lazy Spool – PASS Blog

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL Index, SQL PASS, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

I will be presenting a day-long pre-conference at SQLPASS on the topic – 21 Essential Scripts: Jump-Start Performance Tuning for Accidental DBAs and regular session as well. Lots of people are asking me what I will be covering in the session, so I have decided to give sneak preview about it on the blog of PASS.

Oct25

SQL SERVER – Reporting Services Not Starting After Maintenance Window

Pinal Dave

SQL

Reporting Services, SQL Error Messages, SQL Reports, SQL Server

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This is the issue faced on my test server and I found something interesting. In this blog, we would learn about one of the reasons why SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) couldn’t start after regular maintenance.

Oct24

SQL SERVER – How to Get List of SQL Server Instances Installed on a Machine Via T-SQL?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Earlier last year, I had posted a very interesting blog post which still today gets quite a lots of interest is SQL SERVER – How to Get List of SQL Server Instances Installed on a Machine?. In the recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, the client wanted to get this one done by T-SQL only. I had replied to them via email but never got around to blog about it here.

Oct23

SQL SERVER – How to DROP Multiple Tables Using Single DROP Statement?

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server

In my earlier post, SQL SERVER – How to DELETE Multiple Table Together Via SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)? I showed you how to DROP Statement multiple tables together using a wizard in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

Oct22

SQL SERVER – DBCC CHECKDB Waiting for PREEMPTIVE_OS_DEVICEIOCONTROL

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC, SQL Transactions, SQL Wait Stats

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As you might already know that I am a SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert who also acts as a “on-demand consultant” for many organizations across the world who have performance tuning or any other issue related to SQL Server. Once I was working with one of my clients and their DBA asked a question. In this blog, we would learn about possible ways to handle a situation where DBCC CHECKDB is indefinitely waiting for PREEMPTIVE_OS_DEVICEIOCONTROL.

Oct21

Do Index Reorganization Update Statistics? – Interview Question of the Week #196

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Maintenance Plan, SQL Index, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Statistics

Question: Do Index Reorganization Update Statistics?

Answer: No. Index Reorganization does not update Statistics of your database.

Oct20

SQL SERVER – Always On Availability Groups and Full-Text Index

Pinal Dave

SQL

AlwaysOn, SQL DMV, SQL Error Messages, SQL Lock, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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One of the most successful offerings from me has been Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. Sometimes during my assistance, some random issues appear which I try to solve as well. In a recent engagement, one of their developers asked a question about the coexistence of full-text index and always on availability groups. In this blog, we would learn about one common issue which you might face when full text and availability group is used together.

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 14 SQL Server database books and 104 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).

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