How We Boosted SQL Server Performance to Run 901% Faster!
Improvement after tuning, Stored Procedure #1 2x DURATION 1x CPU 6x DISK Improvement after tuning, Stored Procedure #2 5x DURATION 6x CPU 5x DISK Improvement after tuning, Stored Procedure #3 2x...
View ArticleHow We Made T-SQL Queries Run 6x Faster
Improvement after tuning 6x DURATION 4x CPU 3x DISK SQL Server tuning is crucial – it reduces CPU time, disk reads, and speeds up operations, making everything more efficient. Problem The slow stored...
View ArticleEasy Guide: Download and Install SQL Server Data Tools 2019 (SSDT 2019)
The Business Intelligence (BI) platform has been changing with each new version of SQL. In the beginning, it was part of the SQL Server setup. Since SQL Server 2014 BI platform started to be...
View Article[Case Study] How to Size Azure Managed Instance & Avoid Overspending
Problem Summary One of the biggest challenges in migrating to Azure Managed Instance is determining the resource limits. We successfully used Microsoft SQL Server Distributed Replay feature to assess a...
View ArticleSQL Server Database Assessments
Bring your data to Red9 and ensure that your SQL Server infrastructure on-premise or on cloud is deployed in a way that is optimal for your needs. Our Database Assessments is a customized service...
View ArticleWhy Setting Up Right SQL Job Owner Matters?
Users leave the organization. When a login is disabled, deleted, or Active Directory is unavailable, the job may stop working. The best practices recommend you set all SQL job owners to SA accounts....
View Article9 Best Sample SQL Databases for Practice: Free Downloads & Easy Setups
It may be hard to find a sample SQL database for practice that suits all your needs at once, but there are so many reasons why you need one: That’s why we’ve created a list of databases for you,...
View Article[18Gb in 5min] How to Copy Table Data from One Database to Another in SQL
Introduction Suppose you need to copy an 18.2 GB table (60 million rows) from one SQL server to multiple others. When reviewing data with T-SQL for Machine Learning exploration, you discover that one...
View ArticleSQL Query Optimization: A Practical Guide for Database Admins and Developers
Introduction The first thing and the main problem you’re going to face as soon as you start working with databases is SQL query optimization. You may not notice the issue at first, but as the data...
View ArticleComparison of SQL on Virtual Machine (VM) vs Azure Managed Instance (MI) vs...
The purpose of this document is to list the limitations of Azure Managed Instance and Database so we can compare them with the old-fashioned SQL on VM option. Deployment and Management Feature SQL...
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