We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Diagnostic Manager 12.0. Existing users may upgrade to this version through the Idera...
SQL Diagnostic Manager 12.0 General Availability
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Identify and Tune SQL Queries in a few clicks with PRECISE
With PRECISE you can identify and tune your problem SQL queries in a few clicks. PRECISE tells you what are your heaviest SQL queries and identifies...
Monitor the performance of your Tables and Indexes with PRECISE
In addition to monitoring your SQL queries, Programs and Stored Procedures PRECISE can also monitor the performance of your Tables and Indexes....
Database performance monitoring – use the 80/20 rule with PRECISE
More than 80% of performance issues are due to poor application or database design. To identify those performance issues you need a tool that...
PRECISE – a performance monitoring approach that resolves issues quicker
Where do you start when monitoring the performance of your database? There are many different methodologies to help you. You could look at the...
Announcing Precise 10.3.1 General Availability
We are pleased to announce the release of Precise 10.3.1, the leading database and application performance monitoring platform. What's New...
SQL Diagnostic Manager 11.1 General Availability
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Announcing Precise 10.3 General Availability
We are pleased to announce the release of Precise 10.3, the company’s application performance monitoring platform. Precise helps IT...
SQL Diagnostic Manager 11.0 General Availability
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Diagnostic Manager 11.0. Existing users may upgrade to this version through the Idera...
How Infrastructure Monitoring Can Improve Security and Performance
The security and performance of a computing environment can be improved by implementing infrastructure monitoring. Insights produced by a robust...
Columnstore Index for SQL Server
Introduction When we talk about SQL Server indexes, we are usually discussing the rowstore clustered or non-clustered index. However, along with...
Filtered Indexes and Performance
Introduction During a recent SQL Server Performance Tuning consultation, I was asked a fascinating question by a Senior DBA working with me from the...
Troubleshooting Over-Indexing for Performance
Introduction I have now warned several times against the mindset that suggests indexing is a silver bullet for SQL Server performance. In the...
Troubleshooting Under-Indexing for Performance
In the previous tip we introduced the PowerShell “SmbShare” module which comes with Windows and enables you to manage file shares. We looked at the...
Automating Database Administration is no Longer Optional
Yes, the title of today’s blog post is somewhat provocative, but I think after reading what I have to say that you’ll agree with it. There are...
The Bottom-Line Benefits of SQL Server Monitoring
Across nearly every industry, organizations depend upon SQL Server applications to drive critical business operations. In fact, the costs of IT...
How can you tune the performance of SQL Server by analyzing the past to predict the future?
The history of mankind says that we have learned a lot from our past mistakes and improved our future. Similarly, SQL Server performance tuning is...
How do you start with performance tuning for Azure SQL Database?
Have you been interested to see how you can baseline performance and improve performance with an Azure SQL Database? Do you want to grasp the secret...
What are the five essential SQL scripts for SQL Server performance tuning?
Performance tuning is a complex subject and one of the most critical. Every manager wants their server to run faster. And every database...
Where do you start with SQL Server performance tuning?
Performance tuning is the methodology of systematically identifying bottlenecks in applications, and improving performance. There are some places to...
How did a large enterprise, banking company in the USA achieve better system uptime and usability?
Mizuho Securities is a large enterprise banking company in the USA. They have 100 to 499 SQL Server databases in their environment. They suffered...
How are you tuning SQL Server in the hybrid cloud?
As organizations migrate their databases to the cloud, database administrators need to manage databases on-premise and in the cloud with existing...
How did a medium enterprise healthcare company in the USA proactively troubleshoot SQL Server issues?
Methodist Hospitals of Dallas, Inc. is a medium enterprise healthcare company in Dallas, Texas, USA. They have 10 to 24 SQL Server databases in...
How can you improve the performance, disaster recovery, and security of SQL Server?
SQL Doctor tunes SQL Server performance, security, and disaster recovery via expert recommendations in physical, virtual, and cloud environments -...