November 2008
Intermediate to advanced
910 pages
27h 16m
English
book
Professional Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Administration
by Brian Knight, Ketan Patel, Wayne Snyder, Ross LoForte, Steven Wort
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11.9. Summary
This chapter covered a lot of ground — from introducing performance to the various resources you need to consider when configuring a server. We started by looking at the key things any DBA needs to know about performance, before discussing the performance-tuning process. Then we dug into the specifics of server hardware, looking at the different attributes of CPUs, memory, networks, and disk I/O.
The discussion on CPUs examined the different types of processors you might encounter and explained the differences and the various options available. The memory section looked at the different memory settings you might need to use and covered all the scenarios you might encounter, including how to set the server to enable SQL Server to utilize the available memory. The disk I/O section examined the many details involved in storage subsystem configuration. We looked at how to design a storage system and at some of the considerations necessary when working with large SAN systems. Finally, you learned how to configure the server side of the storage system.
In the next chapter you will learn how to optimize your T-SQL/SQL Server configuration.
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