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Different performance of SQL Server instances on same server

I have 4 development SQL Server 2016 instances on a virtual server (128 GB, 12 virtual processors). Each instance is configured the same (16 GB memory, automatic processor and I/O affinity masks). ...
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What dataset(s) is Marcus Winand using in his book "SQL Performance Explained"?

I am currently reading SQL Perfrmance Explained by Marcus Winand. I would like to follow along with the queries and examples he used to explain database tuning. It would greatly allow me to understand ...
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Tuning Mysql and Monitoring

I would like to know if anybody can point me towards a tool/way for MySQL database tuning. Actually the tuning of my.cnf is like below: My database engine is MyISAM | Mysql 5.1.73 key_buffer = 500M ...
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SELECT TOP 1 harms query performance; is there a dba-accessible way to overcome this?

In a production application (C# talking to SQL Server 2014 Standard) there's a query that looks like this, below. Most of the time it runs in milliseconds. But occasionally (for certain values of @Id),...
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What happens when the buffer pool size is insufficient in mysql

Let us assume I run a query for a table whose size is very huge. My buffer pool size is as low as possible. What happens now? whether I will get an error regarding the insufficient space in buffer ...
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Tuning MySQL MyISAM for large joined updates

I have a database with two tables that I would consider small. I need to update values on the larger of the two tables (1,100,000 rows, 75M MYD, 120M MYI) from the join of the two tables. The smaller ...
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Need help with long running query

UPDATE: Adding a clustered index to each work table covering all fields reduced the query run times to su-bsecond. I consider this question closed. Thanks for taking the time to read this post - it'...
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Slow Query Gets Even Slower After Indexing

I have a MySQL database with just one table containing 8 million records. I need to query the table to find a single record that matches a specific number: select * from my_table where (...