Troubleshooting Performance Problems in SQL Server 2008
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Troubleshooting Performance Problems in SQL Server 2008
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This documentation provides step-by-step guidelines for diagnosing and troubleshooting common performance problems by using publicly available tools such as:
- SQL Server Profiler
- System Monitor (in the Windows Server 2003 operating system) or Performance Monitor (in the Windows Vista operating system and Windows Server 2008), also known as Perfmon
- Dynamic management views (sometimes referred to as DMVs)
- SQL Server Extended Events (Extended Events) and the data collector, which are new in SQL Server 2008.
- Beatrice Nicolini -