Random Thoughts on... Performance and Troubleshooting SQL Server Resources Nigel Foulkes-Nock

About me Nigel Foulkes-Nock SQL Server DBA with TargetGroup, Newport Previous Barclays Partner Finance Hewlett Packard Worked with SQL Server versions from 6.5 through 2016 NigelFN@Outlook.com Good afternoon. I'd like to introduce myself. I am Nigel Foulkes-Nock, and I am a DBA with TargetGroup, a software and Financial service provider based in South Wales. TargetGroup are on the SQL Relay “Awesome Employers” list, and more importantly came in the top 5 at the Cardiff Half Marathon Corporate Challenge last Sunday.

Resources Where you can’t change the Query Memory Issues https://www.brentozar.com/blitz/max-memory/ CPU Simple http://blog.idera.com/sql-server/is-your-sql-server-slow-maybe-its-trying-too-hard/ Advanced http://www.littlekendra.com/tag/cost-threshold-for-parallelism/

Resources SQL Server Query Plans https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/execution-plan-basics/ https://www.sqlsentry.com/plan-explorer Statistics and Indexing http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/01/25/sql-server-find-statistics-update-date-update-statistics/ https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/sql-server-statistics-basics/ https://www.pythian.com/blog/sql-server-statistics-maintenance-and-best-practices/ https://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1206/understanding-sql-server-indexing/ https://www.brentozar.com/sql/index-all-about-sql-server-indexes/ Database Maintenance https://ola.hallengren.com/

Resources Query Optimization Tips http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2013/08/28/sql-server-tips-for-sql-query-optimization-by-analyzing-query-plan/ Temporary Tables - gets advanced http://sqlblog.com/blogs/paul_white/archive/2012/08/15/temporary-tables-in-stored-procedures.aspx Temporary Tables - against the use of… (for balance) https://sqlperformance.com/2016/04/t-sql-queries/knee-jerk-temporary-tables

Resources Are you using the correct Data Types? https://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server-data-types-reference/ Where to go next - Advanced Links https://www.brentozar.com/responder/ https://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/a-performance-troubleshooting-methodology-for-sql-server/ http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/wait-statistics-or-please-tell-me-where-it-hurts/

Resources Teach Yourself SQL Server Performance Tuning http://www.littlekendra.com/2016/08/11/teach-yourself-sql-server-performance-tuning-dear-sql-dba-episode-12/ http://www.red-gate.com/products/dba/sql-monitor/entrypage/hard-earned-lessons-3 https://www.brentozar.com/sql/sql-server-performance-tuning/

Fin