This book aims to improve the performance of your SQL Server queries by optimizing your configuration settings, how does it fare? Benjamin Nevarez concentrates on improving the performance of your SQL ...

Performance problems can be investigated using various tools, this chapter looks at some of the more traditional tools. The chapter opens with a look at Performance Counters, these record information ...

When it comes to the type of storage you might use for a cloud-based SQL Server deployment, all the major cloud providers provide a bewildering array of options. Azure offers Standard HDD as well as ...

As a consultant whose job description includes putting out performance fires, I get to see a lot of problematic queries that can dramatically harm overall server performance and throughput. Wondering ...

Today's organizations often manage SQL Server databases across various platforms, including physical, virtual, cloud, on-premises, hybrid cloud, and cloud-to-cloud environments. Managing individual ...

DBAs have many options for how to ensure high availability (HA) for SQL Server. Some of these options are available in the different versions and editions of SQL Server itself. Some are available in ...

SQLsafe 3.0 Provides Ground-Breaking Functionality and Performance for Enterprise-Scale Backup and Recovery of SQL Server Databases HOUSTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Idera, a leading provider of ...

Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL Server 2019 and SQL Server Big Data Clusters at its Ignite conference on Monday. SQL Server 2019 builds on intelligent query processing features ...

Running SQL Server in the cloud can give users of the database software more flexibility and scalability than on-premises deployments offer -- and maybe save them some money, too. But things often go ...