Few thoughts to share. First is, I generally agree w/you. It sounds like someone found a technique that worked and then it proliferated across the...
Transactional support in SQL Server provides for maintaining ACID characteristics: Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability. Isolation is...
This is not a complete answer. The information you are sharing just shows how to identify SQL causing high CPU usage. Once the bad SQL is...
Interesting. Thanks for this additional information. Yes since you have 1 CPU this would make MAXDOP irrelevant (from...
Woops sorry, this DMV only tracks cumulative stats for plans in cache. So if the guilty SQL has been dropped from cache you won't see it listed...
If you're running on SQL Server 2005 or greater there is a DMV that tracks worst performing SQL since the instance was started. This may help narrow...
Yes this is correct, lowering MAXDOP for the server will likely help. The other and probably more important best practice is to tune your quries....
yes sorry, on calculation my math was off. I agree, 3 GB. Based on the information you sent, I think the available memory is the differentiator...
yeah I agree that's wierd. If my calculations are correct, the # of logical reads equates to about 3 MB of data. I was going to suggest that you...
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