What is the difference between Running, Runnable, Pending, Suspended and Sleeping status in sp_who2? I explain each one simply, in terms of CPU and IO.
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.
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 – Unable to Set Cloud Witness. Error: An Existing Connection Was Forcibly Closed by The Remote Host
Setting up a cloud witness for a client failed with: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. Test-NetConnection pointed to the real cause.
SQL SERVER – How to Get Started with Docker Containers with Latest SQL Server?
My Docker container broke a day before my SQLBits talk and I had to rebuild it. Here is a beginner’s step-by-step guide to running the latest SQL Server in Docker.