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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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server cache

SQL SERVER – List All Frequently Ran Stored Procedure From Server Cache

August 5, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Disk, SQL Cache, SQL CPU, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure

We started working with my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check service and found very interesting details from the server cache. 

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parallel operations

SQL SERVER – Number of Rows Read Per Threads in Parallel Operations

July 26, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Execution Plan, Parallel, SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

Question received via email: The question was about is there any way to know how many rows each thread execute in parallel operations.

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SQL SERVER – Script to Enable PAGE and ROW Level Compression – Disable Compression

May 22, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Compression, SQL CPU, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check Client sent me an SOS message for help . The entire issue was about Page and Row level compression.

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SQL SERVER – Audit Script to Get CPU and Memory Information with MAXDOP Guidelines

April 19, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
MAXDOP, Parallel, SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

If you are reading this blog regularly the name of Dominic Wirth may not be new for you. He has in the past sent some very interesting scripts for audit for our blog and I am including his new script in this blog which is about how to Get CPU and Memory Information with MAXDOP Guidelines.

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SQL SERVER – Difference Between Status in SP_Who2 – Running, Pending, Runnable, Suspended, Sleeping

March 15, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
Disk, SQL CPU, SQL Server

One of the most popular questions I receive during my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check is a difference between status in sp_who2 which discusses status as Running, Pending, Runnable, Suspended. Let us today understand them with regards to CPU.

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How to Know When Memory Constraints are Negatively Impacting CPU in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #216

March 10, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL CPU, SQL DMV, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Know When Memory Constraints are Negatively Impacting CPU in SQL Server?

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