Thomas LaRock: "Without a basic understanding of wait events and how the occur, you will waste a lot of time trying and guessing at how to improve the performance of a query." Optimizing SQL Server ...

Indexing is a critical part of database optimization. Indexing can dramatically increase query speed. However, DBAs still struggle with finding optimal indexes or optimal SQL plans. DBTA held a ...

For developers working with SQL Server, few performance tuning techniques are as essential--or as frequently misunderstood--as indexing. Done right, indexing can drastically improve application ...

As data continues to explode, DBAs must constantly stay a step ahead by finding new ways to improve database efficiency and performance. Managing data in today’s complex IT environment requires ...

I've been doing a little work on trying to improve performance of our HBA's in our SQL servers. We've done some extensive testing on Queue Depth settings as that's one of the settings to change to ...