Automatic tuning assisted by artificial intelligence will be enabled by default for the Azure SQL Database service starting early next year.

SQL Server 2005 introduces a new tool, the Database Engine Tuning Advisor, which replaces the functionality of the Index Tuning Wizard and provides even more information than its predecessor.

Indexing is a critical part of database optimization. Indexing can dramatically increase query speed. However, DBAs still struggle with finding optimal indexes or optimal SQL plans. DBTA held a ...

PITTSBURGH, April 6, 2023 — OtterTune, a leading provider of AI-powered database tuning software, has announced the version v2.0 release of its next-generation platform. This latest release of the ...

In the upcoming presentation, "Performance Tuning SQL Server Using Wait Statistics" at Live! 360 Orlando 2024, renowned database expert Thomas LaRock will delve into the intricacies of wait ...

Doing performance tuning on distributed systems is no joking matter. It’s much more complicated than on a single node server, and bottlenecks can pop up anywhere, from system resources in a ...

Database professionals agree - SQL Server performance tuning is hard. And on top of that, it never stops because complex database environments are always changing with upgrades, application updates ...

We run JD Edwards' One World here on an NT 4 sql server. It's a pretty decent server but lately it's been running like a dog.It's a 4-way 450mhz Xeon(2mb cache) machine with 4gigs of ram. All ...

As any database admin knows, mastering the subtler nuances of SQL can be likened to the black arts. For me, tuning the efficiency of SQL queries on large, heavily used databases is a perfect ...