When all queries against a SQL Server instance or a particular database application are slow, the cause is often outside any single query. This article helps database administrators and application ...

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When it comes to the type of storage you might use for a cloud-based SQL Server deployment, all the major cloud providers provide a bewildering array of options. Azure offers Standard HDD as well as ...

Explore server-side performance optimization with profiling, slow query analysis, caching and concurrency fixes for faster ...

As a consultant whose job description includes putting out performance fires, I get to see a lot of problematic queries that can dramatically harm overall server performance and throughput. Wondering ...

SQLsafe 3.0 Provides Ground-Breaking Functionality and Performance for Enterprise-Scale Backup and Recovery of SQL Server Databases HOUSTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Idera, a leading provider of ...

Running SQL Server in the cloud can give users of the database software more flexibility and scalability than on-premises deployments offer -- and maybe save them some money, too. But things often go ...

A popular performance tuning book gets updated for SQL Server 2025, how does it fare? Ian Stirk takes and in depth look and finds it pretty good. This well-liked SQL Server book examines performance ...