By Ginger Daniel | Encryption , SQL Administration , SQL Server
It is common knowledge that encrypting a database causes degraded performance in a SQL server. In an AlwaysOn environment performance can be even more sluggish because there is the extra element of data replication latency. How much difference does it really make? Of course the answer is “it depends” on your environment and your workload. […]
Continue readingBy Ginger Daniel | Advice , Miscellaneous , SQL Administration , SQL Server , SQLRX , Windows
-by Ginger Keys We are going to re-promote this subject because it is still so relevant. All too often we run into people who are in a panic after looking at Task Manager to try to diagnose SQL stress. They seem to become very worried when looking at how much memory SQL uses not realizing […]
Continue readingBy Jeffry Schwartz | Expert , Miscellaneous , SQL Development , SQL Server , Windows
The Problem How many times have you had to subdivide, group, rank, and organize data when you knew very little about the data itself except for the meanings of the columns? This dilemma is one that the members of the SQLRx team encounter frequently. When a customer requests help with a performance problem, we often […]
Continue readingBy Jeffry Schwartz | Expert , Performance Tuning , SQL Server , Windows
— By Jeffry Schwartz Whenever multiple data sources are used, actual or perceived discrepancies can arise. Sometimes this is due to the location of the data collector, e.g., Windows, SQL Server, or the disk array. Other times, it is due to the collection rate and whether the information is a simple recording of continuously incremented […]
Continue readingBy Ginger Daniel | Performance Tuning , SQL Administration , SQL Server , Windows
Recently, a client of mine contacted me in a panic because almost all of the memory on the SQL server was used up…according to Task Manager, that is. Don’t panic…task manager is probably lying. Well, a little bit anyway. And Task Manager is just that, a task manager. If you are looking at it to […]
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