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RML Utilities (READTRACE/OSTRESS) now supports SQL Server 2008
13 November 08 09:07 AM | ssqa.net | with no comments

In continuation to SQL Server - Precision Performance techniques using RML Utilities and SQL Server troubleshooting tools PSSDiag, SQLDiag, SQLNexus, RML Utilities and ReadTrace: which one to choose? posts here it will be a wonderful news for DBAs to...

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SQL Server multiple instances and resource utilization - best practices
15 May 08 10:48 AM | ssqa.net | with no comments

A newbie or FAQ within Forums and Newsgroups that having multiple instances and how best to set the resources on the server such as memory, CPU etc. Should you configure each of the instances to use specific portions of the available Operating System...

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SQL Server 2005 and Disk drive allocation unit size to 64K - any benefit or performance?
28 April 08 04:28 PM | ssqa.net | 1 comment(s)

You may be aware that or seen within your Database platform about slower disk performance than expect having multiple disks in Windows Server 2003 environment when you use a hardware-based redundant array of independent disks (RAID) or a software-based...

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SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition - make data available while creating indexes on large tables!
25 February 08 07:53 AM | ssqa.net | with no comments

Though it is not a best practice to perform a CREATE INDEX on large tables during the online hours where you have number of users accessing the metadata of SQL Server database. Within SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition you can perform ONLINE indexes operation...

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SQL Server 2005 Index Optimization Best Practices
19 February 08 07:04 AM | ssqa.net | 3 comment(s)

Do you have a maintenance window to perform database reindexing? Have you ever performed full set of re-organize and re-index process on a bigger database? Do you know there are best practices to deploy in this regard? On large database systems, with...

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