In this example, we are monitoring key counters such as: • % Processor Time – shows CPU utilization • Active Transactions (SQL Server) – indicates running database transactions • Backup/Restore ...

Monitoring database health is essential for maintaining optimal performance in any SQL Server environment. One of the most powerful built-in mechanisms for tracking performance is SQL Server ...

What happens on the typical load-testing project? For me, the projects tend to fall into one of two buckets. Bucket No. 1: We've got a problem. Bucket No. 2: We've got a performance penalty clause in ...

( counter_name = 'Bytes Received from Replica/sec' --From the availability replica. Pings and status updates will generate network traffic even on databases with no user updates. or counter_name = ...

Last week, I stood on my soapbox about the need for everyone to enable at least a minimum set of performance counters on their servers. Have you done it yet? One of the biggest problems with Perfmon ...

Hi everyone! It's great to be back on Database Trends and Applications magazine. While I dropped out of the regular columnist position for quite a while, I was still hard at it promoting strong ...