Documenting a server you just inherited starts with identity, databases, files, jobs, access, alerts, and tested recovery ownership.
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Monitoring Availability Group Health
Monitor availability group health through replica connection state, database synchronization, send and redo queues, and failover readiness checks.
GENERATE_SERIES: Make the Step Explicit
GENERATE_SERIES returns numbers within a declared range. These read-only examples specify the step, preserve input types and order every returned series deliberately.
SQLAuthority News – Community Tech Days, Ahmedabad – July 24, 2010
Heavy rain did not stop Ahmedabad: around 300 people came to Community Tech Days on July 24, 2010, many standing at the back. Thank you to a great community.
SQL SERVER – Parallelism Query in Database
Feodor asked how to get a parallelism query plan on a dual core computer using AdventureWorks. Here is the T-SQL I used to reproduce a parallel plan.
Heap Tables: When a Table Without a Clustered Index Hurts
Find heap tables, inspect forwarded records and empty-page behavior, and choose between a clustered index and a planned rebuild.
SQL SERVER – Computed Column – PERSISTED and Performance – Part 2
Part 2 on PERSISTED and performance shows the other side: when non-persisted computed columns give better performance than PERSISTED ones.
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