Anyone have any ideas about how to simulate real-world scenarios in a dev environment? Specifically regarding SQL Server. To get a good picture of real-world performance behaviors (locking, blocking ...

See performance gains by using indexed views in SQL Server Your email has been sent A view is a saved T-SQL query in SQL Server. The view definition is stored by SQL Server so that it can be used as a ...

When it comes to assigning value to different components in today’s IT environment, it would be a serious mistake to underestimate the value of data and databases. Whether you are looking to reduce ...

A comparison of SQL Server's throughput performance on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) gives the edge to Microsoft's cloud. "Azure emerged as the clear leader across both Windows and ...

An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception. Database engines like SQL Server are incredibly complex ...

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 ...

Intel's Hyperthreading Technology (HT) is being blamed for server performance problems. With both SQL Server and Citrix Terminal Server installations, HT-enabled motherboards show markedly degraded ...