Glenn Berry explains how the Spectre/Meltdown issues (and their patches!) may affect SQL Server performance, and provides a handy list of mitigation steps to keep your servers protected.
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Steven Wright explains how to diagnose performance issues in Microsoft APS and Azure Data Warehouse with SentryOne Alerts and lists some custom Advisory Conditions (AC) that many people find useful...
Kevin Kline describes a new Webinar featuring Sabin IO. If you're a DBA who must remedy poor performance on a SQL Server then you'll want to check this out.
Glenn Berry explains several manageability and performance improvements relevant to those of you running SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server 2014.
Jonathan Kehayias explains why, among other reasons, the impact on execution plans can make index fragmentation something you should care about.
Want to download the slide deck and T-SQL scripts for the presentation Architecture Choices that Impact Performance of Microsoft SQL Server? Get them here!
Microsoft MVP Kevin Kline and Charles Kim, founder of Viscosity North America talk about SQL Server running on Vmware in Ten Surprising Performance Killers on Microsoft SQL Server on this October 12th
Glenn Berry talks about some upcoming AMD processors, which he says may change the server processor landscape.
Adaptive Query Processing in SQL Server 2017.
Get the slides and Transact-SQL demo scripts from my recent presentation at the Baltimore SQL Server user group meeting.
Kevin Kline provides his slides and scripts from his new SQLBits session describing the deep internals exposed by the 86xx series of SQL Server trace flags.
Guest author Derik Hammer dismisses the common myth that table variables perform better than #temp tables because they are always in memory.
Steve Wright explains a hefty set of Advisory Conditions you can add to SentryOne to help you monitor, diagnose, and optimize SSAS...
Find out what new features have been released for the SentryOne Cloud, including a new Performance Dashboard!
Aaron Bertrand begins a new series aimed at debunking common myths about SQL Server performance.
