SQL Server MVP Deep Dives
by Adam Machanic, Greg Low, Kimberly Tripp, Paul S. Randal, Kalen Delaney, Paul Nielsen
Part 4. Performance Tuning and Optimization
Edited by Kalen Delaney
There are many different aspects to performance tuning for SQL Server, including tracking down hardware and network issues, monitoring the SQL Server service’s use of memory and processor resources, analyzing the causes of blocking, and investigating suboptimal index usage and query plans, to name only a few areas. Performance problems can result in a general slowdown of SQL Server and the applications running against it, or can just impact individual queries or processes, or even individual users.
Because there are so many areas that could be the source of performance problems, there is no one best way to troubleshoot poor performance. Most SQL Server professionals have a ...
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