Things Every SQL Server DBA Should Monitor

Edwin Sarmiento

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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://bassplayerdoc.wordpress.comEdwinMSarmiento@Outlook.com@EdwinMSarmientohttp://ca.linkedin.com/in/EdwinMSarmiento

Microsoft MVP - SQL Server