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runnerpaul
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Posted - 2012-05-22 : 04:12:42
Hey,

I'm beginning to investigate (and hopefully fix) SQL Server performance issues but as this is my first time doing such an investigation I would appreciate any advice/pointers people might have.

Initial stats are as follows:

Windows 2003 Server R2 Standard x64 edition(SP2)

Intel Xeon CPU 1.86Ghz, 1.87Ghz

25.7GB RAM

SQL Server 2005 Standard edition

Min Server Memory = 128MB

Max Server Memory = 20000MB

C:\ = 44.9GB with 16.7GB free

D:\(SQL Data) = 533GB with 5.43GB free

E:\(Avamar Data) = 255GB with 85.7GB free

L:\(SQL Logs) = 132GB with 39.9GB free.


As I say, I'm not sure where to begin. Could anybody please advise? If you require more info I can get it for you.


Cheers

Paul


chris_cs
Posting Yak Master

223 Posts

Posted - 2012-05-22 : 06:36:38
When you asy you're having performance issues, what exactly do you mean?

CPU, memory..?

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runnerpaul
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24 Posts

Posted - 2012-05-22 : 06:52:35
Its just that SQL seems to be running very slowly.
I suppose naturally it is using all the memory allocated to it.

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chris_cs
Posting Yak Master

223 Posts

Posted - 2012-05-22 : 07:16:52
That's still a little vague but you could start by using profiler to see what's running. This should give you an indication as to what might be using the resources.

Has the system suddenly become slow? Do you rebuild your indexes periodically?

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chris_cs
Posting Yak Master

223 Posts

Posted - 2012-05-22 : 07:24:07
These links might help:

[url]http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-1/[/url]
[url]http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-2/[/url]

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ovc
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Posted - 2012-05-22 : 16:57:51
there are a lot of problems which have to be taken into consideration for the analysis. Are there certain queries which are taking long or just some of them?

If you are interested I could help you guide through such an analysis and guide you through. I have already posted something a few days before something... http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=174918
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