Planning data platform consolidation? Track service level and performance before and after consolidation, so you know how well the planning worked.
SQL SERVER – Error: 825 – A Read of the File at Offset Succeeded After Failing 1 Time(s)
One of my clients contacted me to give advice about an error. In this blog, we would discuss error message – A read of the file at offset succeeded after failing 1 time(s)
Retired Features Still in Your Schema: Stretch, text and More
Before an upgrade, look for text and image columns, old rules and defaults, and Stretch metadata. These queries show what is there.
Do Queries Always Respect Cost Threshold of Parallelism? – Interview Question of the Week #216
Do queries always respect the Cost Threshold for Parallelism? Not always, and a quick AdventureWorks test with the execution plan shows why.
Runnable vs Suspended: What Each sp_who2 Status Means
Runnable vs suspended is the question I hear most about the sp_who2 status column. A Runnable session waits for CPU, and a Suspended one waits for a resource such as I/O. Here are all five statuses in plain words.
Watching Many Servers Without Buying Anything
Use scheduled snapshots to monitor SQL Server with central storage, failure reporting, and four focused queries collected every five minutes.
SQL SERVER – Priority Boost and SSMS 18
My client thought SQL Server dropped the Priority Boost setting. It did not. Here is what changed with Priority Boost and SSMS 18 on the Processors page.