top 5 things to monitor as a sql server dba
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Things Every SQL Server DBA Should Monitor
Edwin Sarmiento
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http://[email protected]@EdwinMSarmientohttp://ca.linkedin.com/in/EdwinMSarmiento
Microsoft MVP - SQL Server
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is part of our daily life
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is MONITORING
an intermittent series of observations in
time, carried out to show the extent of
compliance with a formulated standard or
degree of deviation from an expected norm.
is MONITORING
an intermittent series of observations in
time, carried out to show the extent of
compliance with a formulated standard or
degree of deviation from an expected norm.
is MONITORING
an intermittent series of observations in
time, carried out to show the extent of
compliance with a formulated standard or
degree of deviation from an expected norm.
is MONITORING
an intermittent series of observations in
time, carried out to show the extent of
compliance with a formulated standard or
degree of deviation from an expected norm.
is MONITORING
an intermittent series of observations in
time, carried out to show the extent of
compliance with a formulated standard or
degree of deviation from an expected norm.
is MONITORING
do we monitor
we monitor
to find out if we have a fever
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we monitor
to check if we are driving too fast
we monitor
to find out if we needto fill up our tank
requires that we set certain
normal conditions
Is 80% utilization normal
Is 500MB available normal
Is 50ms latency acceptable
is key to successful monitoring
before implementing a monitoring solution
clearly define your acceptable
Edwin’s key ideas for
R.A.P.
reliability
R.A.P.
availability
R.A.P.
performance
R.A.P.
Things Every SQL Server DBA Should Monitor
SQL Server
services
CPU Utilization
Memory
Utilization
Network
Utilization
Disk Performance
and Utilization
demo
using for baselining & monitoring
demo
usingfor monitoring
define your ACCEPTABLE BASELINE
establish your MONITORING GOALS
implement the RIGHT METRICS
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http://[email protected]@EdwinMSarmientohttp://ca.linkedin.com/in/EdwinMSarmiento
Microsoft MVP - SQL Server