The High Performance SQL Server DBA

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The High Performance SQL Server DBA

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SQL Server DBAs have always tackled complex tasks amidst shifting priorities, and pressures have only mounted in recent years. 

Several trends impacting SQL Server DBAs:

• Multiple SQL Server Versions
• More Data
• More Databases
• Consolidation / Virtualization
• Added Complexity
• Not Enough People

Regardless of these challenges as an overworked SQL Server DBA, you are expected to keep key database systems available and optimized for high performance.  Performance problems form from many source, and you need a strategy that will contribute the most to high availability. 

This strategy should include the following components:

• Understanding the Database Design
• Catching Poor-Performing SQL Early
• Managing Storage
• Managing Performance
• Managing Capacity
• Managing Change

This paper will outline techniques to streamline and automate the management of these critical areas to deliver high database performance and availability - regardless of the database type or version. 

Read this new whitepaper!

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Last Update: 5/12/2011

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