Check instance health in one result set with uptime, memory, a recent CPU sample, leading waits, and the user-session count.
How to Know When Memory Constraints are Negatively Impacting CPU in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #216
How do you know when memory constraints are hurting CPU in SQL Server? Someone asked me this loaded question before a Health Check, and here is my answer.
SQL SERVER – Default Worker Threads Per Number of CPUs
The default Worker Threads limit depends on SQL Server version, logical CPUs and memory. A workshop reader asked about automatic configuration.
SQL SERVER – Parallelism for Heap Scan
Two DBAs asked me if their table needed a clustered index. Our conversation during a Health Check turned into a lesson on parallelism for Heap Scan.
Right-Sizing SQL Server: Reading CPU and Memory Use Before Consolidation
Base right-sizing SQL Server on sampled CPU, memory pressure, buffer use and interval I/O, then compare peaks across a full business cycle.
SQL SERVER – Many BACKGROUND Threads with Command VDI_CLIENT_WORKER
Seeing many BACKGROUND threads with command VDI_CLIENT_WORKER? Here is what the VDI_CLIENT_WORKER and VDI_CLIENT_OTHER wait types mean.
How Much Work Each Processor (CPU) is Doing in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #178
A client with 56 processors saw CPU always high and wanted to know how busy each one was. Here is a simple DMV query that shows work per Processor (CPU).