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SQL SERVER – T-SQL Script to Identify TOP 10 Parallel Running Queries

September 4, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
CPU Threads, Parallel, SQL CPU, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Today we see T-SQL Script to Identify TOP 10 Parallel Running Queries which I wrote as a part of my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check.

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Stream Aggregate

SQL SERVER – Is Stream Aggregate is Same as Gather Streams of Parallelism?

August 30, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Execution Plan, Parallel, SQL CPU, SQL Operator, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Is Stream Aggregate is Same as Gather Streams of Parallelism? – This was one of the brilliant questions I had received during my recent engagement.

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preference

SQL SERVER – Limitation of ENABLE_PARALLEL_PLAN_PREFERENCE Hint

August 29, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
CPU Threads, Parallel, Query Hint, SQL CPU, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

I received quite a few interesting emails. One of the emails was about the Limitation of ENABLE_PARALLEL_PLAN_PREFERENCE Hint.

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preference

SQL SERVER – Using Query Hint ENABLE_PARALLEL_PLAN_PREFERENCE

August 27, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Parallel, Query Hint, SQL CPU, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

There are so many options you should experiment before you opt for query hint. Recently DBA asked me how to use query hint ENABLE_PARALLEL_PLAN_PREFERENCE. 

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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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