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Percona
APRIL 14, 2023
During the recession of 2008, they experienced firsthand how fast money and assets can vanish. Below, we outline some proactive steps for achieving cost efficiency and maintaining performant database environments amid a turbulent economy: 1. With proper database management, it’s possible to cut your bills in half.
SQL Performance
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Many database administrators find themselves having to support instances of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), or at least the backend databases that are required for SSRS. These topics apply to both SQL Server Reporting Services as well as Power BI Report Server.
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Percona
JUNE 4, 2023
In this blog, we’ll provide a comparison between MariaDB vs. MySQL (including Percona Server for MySQL ). Introduction: MariaDB vs. MySQL The goal of this blog post is to evaluate, at a higher level, MariaDB vs. MySQL vs. Percona Server for MySQL side-by-side to better inform the decision making process. What is MariaDB?
SQL Performance
APRIL 26, 2019
If so, you may have heard about the Azure SQL Database DTU calculator , and you may have also read about how it has been reverse engineered by Andy Mallon. NOTE : This process is not officially supported by SentryOne. Database – Log Bytes Flushed/sec. Logical Disk – Disk Reads/sec. Logical Disk – Disk Writes/sec.
SQL Performance
MAY 1, 2020
In a recent tip , I described a scenario where a SQL Server 2016 instance seemed to be struggling with checkpoint times. Still, if you stack a bunch of high-transaction databases on there, checkpoint processing can get pretty sluggish. A SQL Server DBA myth a day: (15/30) checkpoint only writes pages from committed transactions.
SQL Performance
MARCH 17, 2020
This follow-up post revisits the question for SQL Server 2019, using a larger number of rows. I will be using the 50GB Stack Overflow 2013 database , but any large table with a low number of distinct values would do. The Stack Overflow 2013 database comes without nonclustered indexes to minimize download time. Test Environment.
SQL Server According to Bob
JANUARY 26, 2017
My goal is to resolve mysteries about SQL Server I encounter but do this without going straight the source code first. The first case that helped me start this journey was asked by a MVP within the SQL Server community (his first name starts with Joey<g>). That is to ensure your database is encrypted at the file level.
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