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3. Monitoring SQL 2016 on premise for performance and stability

4. Agenda Who is Chris Wood Look at latency
Look at your execution plans – what are they telling you
What indexes are you using – all of them or just some
Clear out ad-hoc and prepared plans
Who did I get this information from

5. Who is Chris Wood I am an Englishman who emigrated to Canada in 1982
I started my DBA career on CA-IDMS in 1989 and in 1997 on SQL 6.5. I have been to 12 PASS SUMMITs (learnt many things over the years that you will see) and two-time SQL Cruiser. EDMPASS Communications Director since chapter start-up.

6. Look at the Disk latency

7. Demo

8. DbWarden

9. Create a monitoring database on the server you want to watch
You need somewhere to save all your discovered data

10. Monitoring Tables and indexes
SPQueryPlans
ScanStats

11. Demo

12. Look at your execution plans
They contain the information you need to see what your queries actually do
We are looking for ‘bad habits’ and estimated costs
What are the ‘bad habits’?

13. Timed Out Plans
Query is too complex or not enough resources

14. No Join Predicates
Trying to join tables without a common column. Most likely using old syntax.

15. Implicit Conversions
Comparing different data types can lead to indexes not being used

16. Demo

17. What Indexes Are You Using
Information gathered from dm_db_index_usage_stats DMV

18. Demo

19. Clear Out ad-hoc and prepared one time plans
Optimize for ad hoc workloads doesn’t stop plan bloat

20. Demo

21. Who Did I Get This Information From
Disk Latency – Glenn Berry
Execution plans – Jason Strate and Jared Karney
What Indexes Are You Using – Tim Ford
Clear Out Ad-Hoc and Prepared Plans – Kimberly Tripp