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IO Issues

SQL SERVER – Identify Database File with Maximum IO Issues

August 21, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Disk, SQL DMV, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, System Object

I have received an interesting email from a client of Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. His question was related to files with IO Issues.

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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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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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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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mismatch

SQL SERVER – Fix: Logical Name Mismatch Between Catalog Views sys.master_files and sys.database_files

July 8, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL
SQL DMV, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL System Table

In this blog, I am going to share my learning about the mismatch between catalog views sys.master_files and sys.database_files.

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clean

SQL SERVER – Clean Pages and Dirty Pages Count – Memory Buffer Pools

June 14, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL DMV, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Recently, while working with the customer who had a Memory issue, we ended up talking about Clean Pages and Dirty Pages Count.

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locked pages

How Much Memory is in Locked Pages? – Interview Question of the Week #228

June 9, 2019
Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
SQL DMV, SQL Memory, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How Much Memory is in Locked Pages? Answer: Before we see the answer to this question, I suggest you read the blog post here first.

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