Database performance tuners need to know three metrics about their SQL Server: how fast it's going, how hard it's working, and how big it is. Brent Ozar will explain where to get those numbers, and ...

How can understanding wait statistics improve query performance in SQL Server? Understanding wait statistics allows the data professional to tune individual queries or, if necessary, to tune ...

To my surprise, I have been seeing storage performance results reported using server benchmarks and their associated server metrics. Server benchmarks are specifically designed to measure the ...

At one time, the only thing that really mattered when benchmarking Web servers was performance. But performance as a sole measure of servers has gone the way of the muscle car era, and the ...

So where is Microsoft SQL Server? Well, it’s 10 th with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 running on the HP Integrity Superdome 64-way server under Windows Server 2003 SP1 64-bit. Just over one million tpm.

SQL Server 2008 was made available in August this year, despite the slight delay in its release. This report explores the suitability of SQL Server as a BI and data warehousing platform, and the ...

On its Website for IT professionals, Intel has introduced a calculator that customers can use to determine the performance and power efficiency of their servers. The calculator takes into account ...