Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Performance Optimization and Tuning Handbook
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Performance Optimization and Tuning Handbook

Author: Ken England

Publisher: Digital Press

Published: 2011-04-08

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 0080554083

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Database professionals will find that this new edition aids in mastering the latest version of Microsoft's SQL Server. Developers and database administrators (DBAs) use SQL on a daily basis in application development and the subsequent problem solving and fine tuning. Answers to SQL issues can be quickly located helping the DBA or developer optimize and tune a database to maximum efficiency.Basic questions are easily located on the topics of filtering, sorting, operators, conditionals, pseudo columns, single row functions, joins, grouping functions, sub queries, composite queries, hierarchies, flashback queries, parallel queries, expressions and regular expressions. Assistance on DML, data types (including collections), XML, DDL for basic database objects such as tales, views and indexes, partitioning, and security is also considered.* Identifies and discusses the most common issues database administrators (DBAs) face day-to-day*Provides DBAs with solutions actually used by the authors in enterprise environments*Explores new features which add more control but reduce performance

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Unleashed
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Unleashed

Author: Ray Rankins

Publisher: Sams Publishing

Published: 2013-12-09

Total Pages: 2764

ISBN-13: 0133408515

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Buy the print version of¿Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Unleashed and get the eBook version for free! eBook version includes chapters 44-60 not included in the print. See inside the book for access code and details. ¿ With up-to-the-minute content, this is the industry’s most complete, useful guide to SQL Server 2012. ¿ You’ll find start-to-finish coverage of SQL Server’s core database server and management capabilities: all the real-world information, tips, guidelines, and samples you’ll need to create and manage complex database solutions. The additional online chapters add extensive coverage of SQL Server Integration Services, Reporting Services, Analysis Services, T-SQL programming, .NET Framework integration, and much more. ¿ Authored by four expert SQL Server administrators, designers, developers, architects, and consultants, this book reflects immense experience with SQL Server in production environments. Intended for intermediate-to-advanced-level SQL Server professionals, it focuses on the product’s most complex and powerful capabilities, and its newest tools and features. Understand SQL Server 2012’s newest features, licensing changes, and capabilities of each edition Manage SQL Server 2012 more effectively with SQL Server Management Studio, the SQLCMD command-line query tool, and Powershell Use Policy-Based Management to centrally configure and operate SQL Server Utilize the new Extended Events trace capabilities within SSMS Maximize performance by optimizing design, queries, analysis, and workload management Implement new best practices for SQL Server high availability Deploy AlwaysOn Availability Groups and Failover Cluster Instances to achieve enterprise-class availability and disaster recovery Leverage new business intelligence improvements, including Master Data Services, Data Quality Services and Parallel Data Warehouse Deliver better full-text search with SQL Server 2012’s new Semantic Search Improve reporting with new SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services features Download the following from informit.com/title/9780672336928: Sample databases and code examples ¿ ¿

MCITP Administrator Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Optimization and Maintenance Study Guide
MCITP Administrator Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Optimization and Maintenance Study Guide

Author: Victor Isakov

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-07-10

Total Pages: 699

ISBN-13: 0470127457

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Covering Microsoft’s brand-new SQL 2005 administrator exam, this study guide walks you through setting up, maintaining, and troubleshooting database solutions. You’ll review key topics such as defining high-availability solutions, automating administrative tasks, defining security solutions, monitoring and troubleshooting the database server, and designing and executing deployments. Plus, the CD-ROM features leading exam prep software with an assessment test, test engine of case study practice questions, and electronic flashcards.

Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Performance Tuning Technical Reference
Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Performance Tuning Technical Reference

Author: Steve Adrien DeLuca

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780735609099

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Discover how to optimize your SQL Server 7*0 system for maximum performance and scalability. Performance tuning a relational database can be challenging, exciting, and frustrating. " MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 7*0 PERFORMANCE TUNING TECHNICAL REFERENCE " provides the practical information that database administrators need to configure a SQL Server 7*0 database for better, faster, more scalable solutions. This is the only book about SQL Server 7*0 performance tuning co-authored by engineers from the Microsoft SQL Server performance group. The authors start with the basics, and then build upon this information to teach the mechanics of performance tuning and how those mechanics affect the whole system. What's more, this book is unique in that it also teaches you how to optimize for the underlying operating system and hardware. Expert Instruction helps you understand these topics. Server tuning : how to use the Enterprise Manager, SQL Server Performance Monitor, and Profiler to shorten transaction response times, and how to optimize your database layout to get the best use of hardware resources. Sizing and capacity planning : how to model software and hardware usage to predict resource consumption, plus how to perform what-if scenarios about workload growth to avoid slow response times. Configuring and tuning the system : how to tune OLTP systems, data warehouses and data marts, and replicated systems, and how to set up your system for high-performance backup and recovery. Tuning SQL statements : how to get optimal performance by using the Query Analyzer and Profiler to tune SQL statements and stored procedures, plus how to take advantage of indexes and hints.

Oracle Performance Tuning and Optimization
Oracle Performance Tuning and Optimization

Author: Edward Whalen

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 722

ISBN-13: 9780672308864

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A comprehensive guide to performance design planning for cleint-network-server systems using Oracle, this book contains some dynamite applications design tips that can reduce network and server traffic dramatically. The CD-ROM contains various tuning and performance measurement utilities provided by the author and third-party developers.

Professional SQL Server 2005 Administration
Professional SQL Server 2005 Administration

Author: Brian Knight

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2007-03-06

Total Pages: 768

ISBN-13: 0470121092

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SQL Server 2005 is the largest leap forward for SQL Server since its inception. With this update comes new features that will challenge even the most experienced SQL Server DBAs. Written by a team of some of the best SQL Server experts in the industry, this comprehensive tutorial shows you how to navigate the vastly changed landscape of the SQL Server administration. Drawing on their own first-hand experiences to offer you best practices, unique tips and tricks, and useful workarounds, the authors help you handle even the most difficult SQL Server 2005 administration issues, including blocking and locking. You'll learn how to fine-tune queries you've already written, automate redundant monitoring and maintenance tasks, and use hidden tools so that you can quickly get over the learning curve of how to configure and administer SQL Server 2005. What you will learn from this book How to use some of the more advanced concepts of installation Techniques for properly administering development features such as SQL CLR Ways to secure your SQL Server from common threats How to choose the right hardware configuration Best practices for backing up and recovering your database Step-by-step guidelines for clustering your SQL Server Who this book is for This book is for experienced developers and database administrators who plan to administer or are already administering an SQL Server 2005 system and its business intelligence features. Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working technologists to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out
SQL Server 2017 Administration Inside Out

Author: William Assaf

Publisher: Microsoft Press

Published: 2018-02-26

Total Pages: 1125

ISBN-13: 0135185394

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Conquer SQL Server 2017 administration—from the inside out Dive into SQL Server 2017 administration—and really put your SQL Server DBA expertise to work. This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, tips, and workarounds—all you need to plan, implement, manage, and secure SQL Server 2017 in any production environment: on-premises, cloud, or hybrid. Four SQL Server experts offer a complete tour of DBA capabilities available in SQL Server 2017 Database Engine, SQL Server Data Tools, SQL Server Management Studio, and via PowerShell. Discover how experts tackle today’s essential tasks—and challenge yourself to new levels of mastery. • Install, customize, and use SQL Server 2017’s key administration and development tools • Manage memory, storage, clustering, virtualization, and other components • Architect and implement database infrastructure, including IaaS, Azure SQL, and hybrid cloud configurations • Provision SQL Server and Azure SQL databases • Secure SQL Server via encryption, row-level security, and data masking • Safeguard Azure SQL databases using platform threat protection, firewalling, and auditing • Establish SQL Server IaaS network security groups and user-defined routes • Administer SQL Server user security and permissions • Efficiently design tables using keys, data types, columns, partitioning, and views • Utilize BLOBs and external, temporal, and memory-optimized tables • Master powerful optimization techniques involving concurrency, indexing, parallelism, and execution plans • Plan, deploy, and perform disaster recovery in traditional, cloud, and hybrid environments For Experienced SQL Server Administrators and Other Database Professionals • Your role: Intermediate-to-advanced level SQL Server database administrator, architect, developer, or performance tuning expert • Prerequisites: Basic understanding of database administration procedures

MCTS Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Implementation and Maintenance Study Guide
MCTS Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Implementation and Maintenance Study Guide

Author: Joseph L. Jorden

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2006-09-18

Total Pages: 678

ISBN-13: 047008006X

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With the release of SQL Server 2005, Microsoft is introducing a new multi-exam certification program. The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Implementation and Maintenance exam (70-431) is the first stop for everyone entering this new certification track, and serves as both a single exam certification as well as the entry exam for the MCITP-level certifications. This book provides an introduction to the development and administrative aspects of SQL Server 2005 and features practical guidance for all aspects of the exam. Get a great start in your certification process today with this comprehensive guide which includes: Hundreds of challenging practice questions plus two bonus exams Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine Authoritative coverage of all key exam objectives, including: Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2005 Implementing High Availability and Disaster Recovery Supporting Data Consumers Maintaining Databases Monitoring and Troubleshooting SQL Server Performance Creating and Implementing Database Objects Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

SQL Server Query Performance Tuning Distilled
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning Distilled

Author: Sajal Dam

Publisher: Apress

Published: 2004-10-20

Total Pages: 638

ISBN-13: 9781590594216

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* A completely revised edition of a book that is highly-regarded in the community (as evidenced by Amazon reviews and other customer feedback). * The only comprehensive, practical guide to performance optimization techniques for SQL Server applications. * Essential reading for any DBA or developer resposible for the eprformance of an exisiting SQL Server system, or the design of a new one.

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Unleashed
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Unleashed

Author: Ray Rankins

Publisher: Sams Publishing

Published: 2015-05-15

Total Pages: 4070

ISBN-13: 0134084454

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The industry’s most complete, useful, and up-to-date guide to SQL Server 2014. You’ll find start-to-finish coverage of SQL Server’s core database server and management capabilities: all the real-world information, tips, guidelines, and examples you’ll need to install, monitor, maintain, and optimize the most complex database environments. The provided examples and sample code provide plenty of hands-on opportunities to learn more about SQL Server and create your own viable solutions. Four leading SQL Server experts present deep practical insights for administering SQL Server, analyzing and optimizing queries, implementing data warehouses, ensuring high availability, tuning performance, and much more. You will benefit from their behind-the-scenes look into SQL Server, showing what goes on behind the various wizards and GUI-based tools. You’ll learn how to use the underlying SQL commands to fully unlock the power and capabilities of SQL Server. Writing for all intermediate-to-advanced-level SQL Server professionals, the authors draw on immense production experience with SQL Server. Throughout, they focus on successfully applying SQL Server 2014’s most powerful capabilities and its newest tools and features. Detailed information on how to... Understand SQL Server 2014’s new features and each edition’s capabilities and licensing Install, upgrade to, and configure SQL Server 2014 for better performance and easier management Streamline and automate key administration tasks with Smart Admin Leverage powerful new backup/restore options: flexible backup to URL, Managed Backup to Windows Azure, and encrypted backups Strengthen security with new features for enforcing “least privilege” Improve performance with updateable columnstore indexes, Delayed Durability, and other enhancements Execute queries and business logic more efficiently with memoryoptimized tables, buffer pool extension, and natively-compiled stored procedures Control workloads and Disk I/O with the Resource Governor Deploy AlwaysOn Availability Groups and Failover Cluster Instances to achieve enterprise-class availability and disaster recovery Apply new Business Intelligence improvements in Master Data Services, data quality, and Parallel Data Warehouse