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SQL Server: table variables performance limitations
Doing some performance troubleshooting for one of my customers I identified some issues with very large table variables inside Stored procedures. Table variables limitations are not well understood by...
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SQL Server: Using Client Statistics to validate a query regression after a...
Few days ago, I have very poor performance on a database that I migrate from SQL 2012 to SQL 2019. The developer Team asks me to upgrade the number of CPU and the Memory to have better performance....
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SQL Server: Is Fill Factor applied during INSERT?
The Fill factor setting controls the amount of space that is left available on the index data pages. The goal is to allow new rows to be inserted or existing ones to change size (UPDATE) without...
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SQL Server: how to have the number of core-based licenses used on my...
This week, a customer asks me to find out how many SQL Server Standard licenses are used in their environment. The licensing is core based and to not be used for Sserver + Cals licenses. To have an...
View ArticleStatspack with Oracle Database 19c and Multitenant
Introduction When it comes to performance analysis on Oracle databases, everybody think about Diagnostic Pack. This is a very complete tool and it brings much more metrics than a DBA can analyze. But...
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How to configure Linux Server to run Oracle Database 19c on Persistent Memory
Introduction to Persistent Memory In the last few years, storage media have become more and more advanced and faster. Today, SSD disks are almost standard as storage and if an Oracle database really...
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SQLBits 2022 – Levelling up my Performance Tuning skills
As a consultant at dbi services, I am lucky enough to have time dedicated to training and conferences. This week I have the chance to attend one of the most important conferences for Data...
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SQL Server: Automatic Soft-NUMA and uneven CPU load
SQL Server has CPU limitations depending on the Edition. If your VM is not configured properly you can reach these limits very easily. In a previous post, I described the effect VM misconfigurations...
View ArticleUpgrade to Oracle 19c – performance issue
In this blog I want to introduce you to a workaround for a performance issue which randomly appeared during the upgrades of several Oracle 12c databases to 19c I performed for a financial services...
View ArticleOracle Database Appliance vs Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Introduction Oracle Database Appliances are very popular these days. And not only among new customers for this kind of engineered systems. Almost all customers already using old generation ODAs are...
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Google Cloud SQL Insights: ASH, plans and statement tagging
By Franck Pachot . Looking at database performance has always been necessary to optimize the response time or throughput, but when it comes to public cloud where you are charged by resource usage,...
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SQL Server SCOM Alert Analysis: The Average Wait Time of SQL instance “xxx”...
I have an interested alert on SCOM for SQL Server by a customer two weeks ago. In the SCOM interface, the warning on the server is MSSQL2016: The Average Wait Time of SQL instance “xxx” on computer...
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SQL Server: Using Client Statistics to validate a query regression after a...
Few days ago, I have very poor performance on a database that I migrate from SQL 2012 to SQL 2019. The developer Team asks me to upgrade the number of CPU and the Memory to have better performance....
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SQL Server: how to have the number of core-based licenses used on my...
This week, a customer asks me to find out how many SQL Server Standard licenses are used in their environment. The licensing is core based and to not be used for Sserver + Cals licenses. To have an...
View ArticleStatspack with Oracle Database 19c and Multitenant
Introduction When it comes to performance analysis on Oracle databases, everybody think about Diagnostic Pack. This is a very complete tool and it brings much more metrics than a DBA can analyze. But...
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How to configure Linux Server to run Oracle Database 19c on Persistent Memory
Introduction to Persistent Memory In the last few years, storage media have become more and more advanced and faster. Today, SSD disks are almost standard as storage and if an Oracle database really...
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SQLBits 2022 – Levelling up my Performance Tuning skills
As a consultant at dbi services, I am lucky enough to have time dedicated to training and conferences. This week I have the chance to attend one of the most important conferences for Data...
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SQL Server: Automatic Soft-NUMA and uneven CPU load
SQL Server has CPU limitations depending on the Edition. If your VM is not configured properly you can reach these limits very easily. In a previous post, I described the effect VM misconfigurations...
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Apache JMeter Playground
As I am training myself to Apache JMeter, beside testing on my Oracle environment (which include Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle Directory Service Manager, Oracle Identity and Access Management, a...
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OctoPerf Load Testing
OctoPerf is a SaaS tool based on Apache JMeter, the load test functional behavior and measure performance reference tool. Among others, it has several advantages compared to JMeter: It can integrate...
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