SQLServer

Configuring the In-Memory OLTP File Group for High Performance

In todays’ blog posting I want to talk about the memory optimized file group used by In-Memory OLTP to achieve durability, and how to configure it for high performance throughput. Before we go down to the details, I want to give you a brief overview of how In-Memory OLTP achieves durability with this specialized file …

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Speaking at SQLSaturday #310 in Dublin/Ireland

I’m very proud to announce that I will speak at the SQLSaturday #310 in Dublin. On September 19 I will do a full-day long precon about Performance Tuning Enhancements in SQL Server 2014. I will also present one regular session on Saturday about Plan Caching in SQL Server. Here’s the agenda and the break-down for …

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Statistics with Ascending Key Column Values

In today’s blog posting I want to talk about a very common problem within SQL Server: handling statistics with ascending key columns. As you already know, every statistics object in SQL Server has an associated Histogram. The histogram describes the data distribution for a specific column with multiple steps. SQL Server supports up to 200 …

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