SQL Server 2005 introduces a new tool, the Database Engine Tuning Advisor, which replaces the functionality of the Index Tuning Wizard and provides even more information than its predecessor.

By Gladys Rama, David Ramel 10/29/2024 Optimizing SQL Server performance is crucial for ensuring seamless database operations, efficient query execution and satisfied users.

SQL Sentry, Inc., a developer of software products that optimize the performance of Microsoft SQL Server environments, and DBSophic, a provider of performance management products for database-centric ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

SQL Azure is Microsoft's cloud-based relational database service hosted in their data centers, and it's got some DBAs worrying about the future. The more I look at the technology, however, the more I ...

As any database admin knows, mastering the subtler nuances of SQL can be likened to the black arts. For me, tuning the efficiency of SQL queries on large, heavily used databases is a perfect example.

The SQL Server help system “Books Online” is the best out there in my opinion and that includes 2008, but unfortunately, the Upgrade Advisor knowledge base for 2008 does not live up to that ...