Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bible
by Adam Jorgensen, Jorge Segarra, Patrick LeBlanc, Jose Chinchilla, Aaron Nelson
Chapter 43
Management Data Warehouse
In This Chapter
Using the MDW
Configuring MDW
Viewing MDW Reports Creating Custom Data Collections
Management Data Warehouse (MDW) is a resource and performance monitoring and reporting framework available in SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition. It was first introduced in SQL Server 2008 and continues to exist in SQL Server 2012.
MDW consists of a relational database, predefined data collectors, and reports. The relational database is used as a repository where performance statistics gathered by the data collectors are stored. A series of reports are provided out-of-the-box with the capability to drill down into more detailed reports about resource utilization, query performance, index utilization, and even suggestions to improve overall SQL Server performance. MDW can collect data from SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2012 but for no earlier versions.
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