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Performance Impact of querying SQL Server 2005 DMVs and implementing Page Checksum

Sanchan — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:44:00 GMT

Many of you have asked me the performance impact of:

a) Running a default profiler trace

b) Enabling page checksum

Although there is only theoretical information available in BOL, Linchi Shea (SQL Server MPV) has some good posts on empirical analysis on these features.

Installing SQL 2005 and SQL 2000 on the same box - what you should know?

Sanchan — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:39:00 GMT

Many customers have asked me if they can install SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 on the same box, side by side. The answer to this is YES. You can install SQL 2000, SQL 7.0 and SQL 2005 on the same box. However, there are certain special considerations that you...(read more)

FAQs - SQL Server and Disk Subsystem requirements

Sanchan — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 21:20:00 GMT

This is the first installment in my FAQ series. In this blog entry, I have consolidated all the questions that I have received from my readers about available disk subsystems in the market and their compatibility with SQL Server. I have tried to address...(read more)

Working with TempDb in SQL 2005

Sanchan — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:13:00 GMT

Just a quick note, Microsoft has published a great whitepaper on TempDB. You can download it here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/f/8/4f8f2dc9-a9a7-4b68-98cb-163482c95e0b/WorkingWithTempDB.doc I will add more blog content about TempDb soon....(read more)

SETUP - SQL 2005 and domain groups best practices

Sanchan — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 07:07:00 GMT

Unlike SQL 2000, SQL 2005 setup on a cluster now requires you to provide domain groups for each clustered service – like SQL Database Engine, SQL Agent, FTS, Analysis Services. Many customers have asked me interesting questions about domain groups and...(read more)

Add/Remove Program and SQL 2005

Sanchan — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:21:00 GMT

When you install SQL Server 2005, depending upon the components you installed, you will see a couple of entries in the Add/Remove programs related to SQL Server 2005. The most important one is Microsoft SQL Server 2005. This entry provides you with a...(read more)

SQL Server 2005 and compressed drives - what you should know?

Sanchan — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 06:08:00 GMT

You will be surprised to know how many times this topic comes up during discussions with SQL Server DBAs. I guess the reason for confusion or discussion primarily emanates from the fact that the documentation on this topic hasn’t been that detailed. So...(read more)