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spid

SQL SERVER – Lots of Runnable SPID – What Next?

August 16, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
CPU Threads, SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Once we fixed this issue of bottlenecks, we ended up on a very different issue where we had lots of runnable SPID and CPU was still underutilizing.

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pressure

SQL SERVER – Detecting CPU Pressure with Wait Statistics

August 12, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
CPU Threads, SQL CPU, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Wait Stats

I eventually expressed them it is possible to detect CPU pressure with Wait Statistics. We explained to them my method during the Health Check.

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Worker

SQL SERVER – Changing Max Worker Count for Performance

August 9, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
CPU Threads, SQL CPU, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration, SQL Wait Stats

I wrote a blog post about SQL SERVER – Best Value for Max Worker Count, after reading this blog post, I have received lots of emails.

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max worker count

SQL SERVER – Best Value for Max Worker Count

August 7, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
CPU Threads, Parallel, SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Recently, one of my client who works for the large bank accidentally set incorrect max worker count, which lead to big performance problem.

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cpu pressure

SQL SERVER – Measure CPU Pressure – Detect CPU Pressure

August 17, 2009
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
CPU Threads, SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL System Table

The CPU is responsible for not only SQL Server operations but also all the OS tasks related to the CPU. Let us learn about measuring CPU Pressure. 

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