Tag Archives: Performance

The One Metric to Rule Them All

Posted on December 9, 2016 by way0utwest

When we want to know if our databases are running well, most of us look at metrics for our servers. Usually some combination of CPU, RAM, Disk IO are chosen, though network, user connections, batches and transactions can be a … Continue reading →

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Why Use R Services?

Posted on June 23, 2016 by way0utwest

I ran across a blog post from the very talented Joe Sack recenty, who I hope makes a few more minutes for me the next time we’re in the same town together ;). The post is a look at some … Continue reading →

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Finding Problem Code

Posted on May 1, 2015 by way0utwest

Performance of a SQL Server seems to be one of the main concerns for most developers and DBAs. We are under pressure to constantly squeeze more performance out of our applications and reduce the time it takes for users to … Continue reading →

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Searching for Plans

Posted on April 23, 2015 by way0utwest

Today’s editorial was originally published on Sept 13, 2010. It is being re-run as Steve is away at training. I was re-reading Conor Cunningham’s “Does Join Order Matter?” recently and found this quote in the post that stood out. As … Continue reading →

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