Using sp_server_diagnostics
Troubleshooting SQL Server is all about gathering the right evidence. Ordinarily we utilise a variety of different methods and analyse their output to look for specific areas where we would focus our...
View ArticleMonitoring Memory Clerk and Buffer Pool Allocations in SQL Server
The following article applies to SQL Server versions 2008 + Adequate memory is one of the most important factors for a well-functioning instance of SQL Server. By design SQL Server manages its own...
View ArticleSQL Server Buffer Pool in action
SQL Server retrieves data from two areas; memory and disk. As disk operations are more expensive in terms of IO which means they are much slower SQL stores and retrieves data pages from an area known...
View ArticleCHECKSUM page verification in SQL Server
CHECKSUM is an option for page verification that is available at the database instance level and we can see what level of verification each of our databases are currently using by the following query:...
View ArticleMonitoring SQL Server with Dynamic Management Objects – Sessions and connections
A fundamental task of Database Administrators is monitoring SQL Server performance. Whilst SQL Server does give us a user interface inside management studio that enables us to view current activity (in...
View ArticleMonitoring SQL Server with Dynamic Management Objects – Requests
In my last post, Monitoring SQL Server with dynamic management objects – Sessions and connections, I introduced the concept of using T-SQL queries to monitor SQL Server using Dynamic Management Views....
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