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Database Health Monitor – Software to Improve SQL Server Health

WEBDatabase Health Monitor is a tool built by Steve Stedman to help SQL Server administrators find the performance issues or bottlenecks on SQL Server. The tool started as a way to help gather metrics for our own environments in 2010 and we have added to it and ensure it continues to work in the latest versions of SQL Server. The tool is now

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Enhancing SQL Server Health and Reliability

WEBDon’t let unnoticed issues undermine the health and reliability of your SQL Server. With Stedman Solutions’ SQL Assessment with Remediation services, you can ensure your system is performing at its best, now and into the future. Learn more about how we can help with a free 30 minute consult https://stedman.us/30. Get started on the path …

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3 Essential Checks for Diagnosing a Slow SQL Server – Database …

WEBMonitor disk latency and disk queue length to understand if your disks are the bottleneck. Long queue lengths and high latency indicate that your SQL Server is waiting too long to read or write data. 2. Examine Current and Blocked Processes. Blocked processes can significantly impact the performance of your SQL Server.

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First 5 Things to Check When Your SQL Server is Performing Slowly

WEBTools like Database Health Monitor can provide you with real-time insights into your server’s performance and help identify hardware bottlenecks. 2. Evaluate Current Running Queries. Often, a slow SQL Server is a result of one or more long-running queries. Use SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to see which queries are currently running …

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Server Overview – Database Health Monitor

WEBWith the server overview report, you can keep close tabs on some of the key performance indicators for a SQL Server database. The server overview page gives you a quick rundown of the following: The gray buttons in the middle of the page are all the instance level reports. These report are some of the quickest ways to evaluate the overall

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Database Health Reports – Database Health Monitor

WEBThe Database Health Reports page is the top level report in the Database Health Reports application. It contains a brief summary of all of the databases that the Database Health Reports application is currently connected to. This is the quickest way to get an overview of the overall health, then drill down into a specific database. You can

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Understanding SQL Server Wait Statistics – Database Health Monitor

WEBDatabase Health Monitor: Database Health Monitor has extensive reporting on waits over time to see how things are improving or getting worse with your wait statistics. Analyzing Wait Stats: SQL Server provides Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) for analyzing wait statistics, offering a comprehensive view of wait types and durations.

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Performance Dashboard – Database Health Monitor

WEBPerformance Dashboard. The performance dashboard is the main overview page in Database Health Monitor. The is the main screen that you see once connected to one or more databases with Database Health Monitor. From here you can access the database level and server instance level reports available in Database Health Monitor.

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Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads

WEBTo turn on Optimize for Ad Hoc Workloads. Or you can just right click on the warning in the Database Health Monitor Quick Scan Report and turn it on. Turning it off. To examine the plan cache details. To see the single use adhoc objects in the plan cache. To compare the total space used between single use and multi-use adhoc.

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Snapshot Replication in SQL Server – Database Health Monitor

WEBAnd for ongoing monitoring and diagnostics of your SQL Server environments, check out our Database Health Monitor. It’s free for a single server connection and offers invaluable insights into your server’s performance, backups, disk space, and query efficiency. Stay ahead in your career by staying informed.

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SOS_WORK_DISPATCHER Wait – Database Health Monitor

WEBSOS_WORK_DISPATCHER Wait. Added in SQL Server 2019 and Azure SQL Databases to track when a thread becomes idle and stops when the thread is given something to do. This wait type is not an indication of a problem other than the server does not have enough work to do. Usually should be filtered out as something to ignore.

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SQL CPU by Hour of Day – Database Health Monitor

WEBThe SQL CPU Load by Hour of Day is an instance level report that has been part of Database Health Monitor for several years. What is really nice with this report is you can see where your hot spots are for the last week on CPU load. It helps identify times that you have high CPU load and low CPU load, and from there you can look at things like

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Understanding Merge Replication in SQL Server – Database Health …

WEBDatabase Health Monitor February 2024 Release. February 2024 Version. Now Available. The February 2024 Database Health Monitor Version 1055 is available on the download page. Licensing Options Explained. Quick Scan Report Links. Alerts; Backup Messages In Log; Backups On the Same Drive As Your Database

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Blocking Query Monitor – Part of Database Health

WEBDatabase Health Monitor you YouTube; Getting Help from Steve and the Stedman Solutions Team. We are ready to help. Steve and the team at Stedman Solutions are here to help with your SQL Server needs. Get help today by contacting Stedman Solutions through the free 30 minute consultation form.

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Database Overview – Database Health Monitor

WEBThe database overview report is part of the Database Health Monitor application created by Steve Stedman of Stedman Solutions, LLC. Database Health Monitor is a free application that can be downloaded from DatabaseHealth.com. Enroll Today! Steve and the team at Stedman Solutions are here for all your SQL Server needs.

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Why is my SQL Server slow

WEBHere, I’ll share some common reasons for SQL Server sluggishness, drawing from my extensive background and the insights gained from the Database Health Monitor tool. 1. Inefficient Queries. Complex Joins and Subqueries: Overly complex queries can significantly slow down your database. This includes excessive joins, deep …

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What is Database Health Monitor – Database Health Monitor

WEBDatabase Health Monitor February 2024 Release. February 2024 Version. Now Available. The February 2024 Database Health Monitor Version 1055 is available on the download page. Licensing Options Explained. Quick Scan Report Links. Alerts; Backup Messages In Log; Backups On the Same Drive As Your Database

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Quick Scan Report – DBCC CheckDB Never Run

WEBThe Quick Scan Reports display an Alert if you have databases that have never had the DBCC database integrity check run. If you are not running DBCC CheckDB against all of your databases, you could have database corruption and not even know about it. If database corruption is encountered it is easier to fix if you find out about it early.

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PREEMPTIVE_XE_DISPATCHER – Database Health Monitor

WEBDatabase Health Monitor February 2024 Release. February 2024 Version. Now Available. The February 2024 Database Health Monitor Version 1055 is available on the download page. Licensing Options Explained. Quick Scan Report Links. Alerts; Backup Messages In Log; Backups On the Same Drive As Your Database

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Celebrating World Backup Day – Database Health Monitor

WEBAs we mark World Backup Day on March 31st, it’s a timely reminder of the critical importance of data backups in our increasingly digital world. In the realm of database management, particularly with SQL Server, the significance of having a reliable backup and recovery strategy cannot be overstated. Data is the lifeline of any organization

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What uses TempDB

WEBHere’s a list of the most common uses of TempDB: User Objects: Includes user-defined temporary tables and temporary stored procedures. Used to temporarily hold data for processing within a session. Work Tables: For cursor or spool operations and storing intermediate results. Work Files: Utilized for operations like GROUP BY, ORDER …

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