Questions tagged [performance-tuning]
Improving the performance characteristics of a database application or system.
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Stored procedure in my production server causing blocking [on hold]
I have a MS SQL server production server. We have a stored procedure, which is consumed by multiple clients like website and mobile app.
We are noticing a steep increase in the blocks with the ...
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Slow SQL query from app, fast from SQL Studio
I have a query that takes 30+ seconds when called from app, but takes <1sec when called directly from SQL SMS.
Here is the query :
SELECT T0.pk
FROM products T0
WHERE (( ( T0.pk IN (...
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How does 'Top SQL - By Application' values from SQL sentry correlates
I have run a performance simulation on my application server and pull the sentry report for my analysis. And While going through the top sql -by application, I found difficult to correlates the values ...
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Best way to configure and maintain a table with many insertions and deletions that's empy on average?
There exists a "batch query" table that has two columns (BatchID, RecordID) which are both of TSQL type 'uniqueidentifier'. The unique clustering key is on (BatchID, RecordID), and there are no ...
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MariaDB Inner join is slow
Here is my SQL (with explain):
EXPLAIN
SELECT * FROM
GBI gbi
INNER JOIN VF_KRED kred ON
gbi.vendor = kred.vendor;
Giving below the outcome:
Now, the select SQL takes ~10 seconds to produce the ...
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Postgres 10 Query waits on IO: BufFileWrite causing failure to get new database connections
I have a query (attached with query plan) that is run every 5-7 seconds from every device that is running our dashboard (typically, 500+ devices at peak time). This query, at the outset looks like it ...
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SQL Server has encountered occurences of I/O requests taking longer than 15 seconds
On Production SQL Server, we have following config:
3 Dell PowerEdge R630 servers, combined into Availability Group
All 3 are connected to single Dell SAN storage unit which is a RAID array
From ...
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SQL Server Resource Governor for Buffer Pool [duplicate]
We plan to have multiple databases on a Server Instance. Does Resource Governor allow buffer pool to be allocated for each database in SQL Server 2017?
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same query gets slower after other queries get called (using a lot of prepared statements inside stored procedures)
I have a query that, when i run it first after i restart mysql, takes 2 seconds, but when I run a sequence of other queries before it (this query belongs to a procedure between other procedures) ...
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SQL Server inconsistently reporting missing indexes
I have a stored procedure that is not performing well and I am trying to tune it. I am confused by what I see in SSMS and the Database Tuning Engine Advisor.
In SSMS I have 'Include Actual ...
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What is Page Life Expectancy precisely?
What is the value returned by Page Life Expectancy, precisely?
The use of the word "will" in this documentation
Indicates the number of seconds a page will stay in the buffer pool without ...
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Is it possible to move mongodb indexes to another file system?
Is it possible to separate MongoDB files location so the indexes are on another file system?
In the example below, I have database with 1.5TB of data + indexes of 330GB.
I have a very fast storage ...
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How to determine if it is necessary to increase the sga and the pga in Oracle database
How to determine if it is necessary to increase the sga and the pga in a database oracle 12c, is there any procedure, any specific view where can I be guided that indicates to me that it is necessary ...
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Different query plans for same In line Function [duplicate]
I am facing a potential parameter sniffing issue with an In Line function in sql server 2008.
Basically Given the below three queries (same function):
First Query:
DECLARE @SQL NVARCHAR(1000)
...
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Inline function Plan Properties in SQL Server 2008
Currently I use the below two queries to get some properties from the execution plan in stored procedures, the problem arises when I try to run it in a SQL Server 2008 version. Do you know if there is ...
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MYSQL 5.7 Online DDL (Alter) Statement causing Lock_Wait_Timeout : AWS RDS
We are not able to do updated code publish from application on MySQL 5.7 as it contains ALTER statement on the table which has more than 50 million records and application team escalated that most of ...
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Does keyset/cursor pagination scale query performance better than offset pagination?
I am seeing behavior where the query that powers my infinite scrolling list seems to be slowing down as the number of rows grow.
Naturally, I used offset pagination because the library I am using ...
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Converted a Scalar function to a TVF function for parallel execution-Still running in Serial mode
One of my query in was running in serial execution mode after a release and i noticed that two new functions were used in a view which is referenced in the LINQ to SQL Query generated from the ...
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mysql query with 1 derived table and 1 inner join takes forever to load
I tried removing some chunks of code little by little and found out that the condition inside the inner join is the devil. Can someone enlighten me on how to achieve this when I have like 10,000+ rows ...
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Make SQL query “latency proof”
I have developed an application which connects to a database over a WAN.
As long as I'm using the application on my local network, everything works fine.
When I connect over the WAN, the database ...
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What is the best compaction strategy for overwritable/mutable/upsert-able data?
Suppose I have a Cassandra table like this:
CREATE TABLE keyspace.last_modified (
category text,
subcategory text,
id text,
created_at bigint,
PRIMARY KEY ((category, subcategory, ...
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Slow checkpoint and 15 second I/O warnings on flash storage
Last couple of weeks we've been working on getting to the root cause of what could likely be the cause of the occurrence of these I/O issues and slowdown of the checkpoints.
At first glance it looks ...
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Do Indexes in the T-SQL Data Warehouse automatically go over and optimize into the SSAS Cube?
Do Indexes in the T-SQL Data Warehouse automatically go over and optimize into the SSAS Cube?
I am reading that applying indexes, will transfer into SSAS. I thought SQL and SSAS are totally different ...
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Performance Metrics: Columnstore Indexes vs SSAS Cubes [closed]
What has faster performance speed: Columnstore Indexes or SSAS Cubes? Are Columnstore indexes proven to be faster than SSAS cubes (SQL Analysis Services)? Have their been any performance studies ...
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Why these Two Queries performace so different?
This is Query 1:
SELECT
A.innings_no AS Inn, bowler, OT.Out_Name AS OutType, Runs
FROM
(SELECT
a.innings_no, a.striker, SUM(b.runs_scored) AS Runs
FROM
ball_by_ball a
...
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Need Help in extended events SQL Server
I have created an extended event as below. I want to know how to query the historical data using T-SQL to see the issues at particular timestamps. The trace is running as of now
CREATE EVENT SESSION [...
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does sequence of columns in where condition matters the sequence of composite key? in Oracle Database
here, In the code where exists clause contains all primary key columns in where, I want to know that the sequence of this columns in it, matters in query performance.
update temp_fd_dtl_svj a
set ...
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Filegroup: [primary] dbcc shrinkfile() need balanced extent counts per file when done
I'm working with a ~1 terabyte db, server 40+cores, memory 500G+, db files on SAN (no control over lun segments), the bottleneck now is file contention. Currently running 2014 but by final "release" ...
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Performance considerations for a standalone server running Postgres 9.4 on 8 CPU core with 47GB RAM
I'm running:
Postgres 9.4
8 CPU cores
47GB RAM
shared_buffers = 13.8GB
work_mem = 32MB
The server gets its workload from 6 web application nodes which connect using JDBC connection pooling. Each web ...
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Partitioning and Performance of DB Table [closed]
After partitioning a table the performance of select queries returning large datasets degrades as compared to performance earlier. For small datasets there is no degradation. No change in index is ...
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What kind of SSD to speed up querying a lot of data?
For research purposes I am using a big MariaDB database (~500 GB) with 20 Tables (engine: myISAM) and around 9 Billion rows. Due to missing free storage on my Laptop (16 GB RAM), I put the data on an ...
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Empty Table: Insert into Table WITH (TABLOCK)
We have a clustered index table which is empty. Table has around eg: 20 columns, 50 million rows, around (40GB).
Is it best practice to apply Insert With (TABLOCK) for empty tables such as this? The ...
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Are these stats reasonable? If not, where should I start?
The below is the output result of mysqladmin for our mysql server which has been having consistent problems for months since we switched from a dedicated server to the cloud. In the switch, we ...
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SQL Server: Performance Insert Into vs Select Into
I am hearing different things from colleagues/research. What are good guidelines in performance for, Select Into vs Insert into when creating a temp table? I know difference is minimal for small ...
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any knowledge or experience with dynamic ax [duplicate]
I support a system called "dynamics ax" and sometimes my optimizer picks a good plan, drops it and then picks a bad plan (where the same code is been ran). users who usually wait for 10 seconds start ...
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oracle slow query with diferent user
I have a question with an oracle query that takes almost 20 minutes when it is executed from a schema and yet when it runs as sys users it runs in 1 second maximum ... how is this possible? ... I do ...
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Debug Connection Pool Error
I have been getting the below error.
System.Data.Entity.Core.EntityException: The underlying provider failed on Open. ---> System.InvalidOperationException: Timeout expired. The timeout ...
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why is this left join faster than an inner join?
So I'm tuning this query, and I am pretty sure that in this instance, I can replace an inner join with a left join without affecting the data. However, I'm not entirely sure why this is faster. Here ...
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When to Disable and Recreate Indexes in Data Warehouse ETL?
We are moving data from Staging Database into Kimball Data Warehouse DB.
I am hearing different ideas regarding when to disable and rebuild indexes.
Stage tables are truncated every day for each new ...
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Recommendations around managing large amounts of data that needs to be aggregated (SUM)
I am looking for alternatives to redesign a part of our system that needs to perform cumulative SUMs over large data sets of rows based on user and dates.
How the system works
We are running a web (...
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Index vs Statistics [duplicate]
In SQL Server, when to create statistics only on a table column instead of index and when create to index (which creates statistics as well automatically)? I mean both improve query performance then ...
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Slow query that includes a WHERE clause with SUBSTRING
I have the following query in SQL Server 2016, as there is no code for the "enter code here" column, I had to do a search with SUBSTRING. But as expected it is slow, the query ends in 00:03:37.
with ...
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CXPACKET wait on SQL Server
Recently I am experiencing performance issue on a SQL Server database and I have two queries that show me the wait as shown below, one of the databases on this server is a member of Always On replica, ...
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pgbench - 20-30% variation in benchmark results (non-repeatable benchmarks)
Problem
I'm trying to use pgbench to help me tune Postgres for my hardware, but I'm seeing a very strange behaviour. I cannot seem to get a stable number for TPS in consecutive runs of pgbench. Since ...
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RAC DB Slowness - AWR Report
While going through the AWR report found that the row lock waits on indexes and buffer busy waits are more (rest of the stats look normal).
Could someone tell me if we can interpret by the below if ...
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sp_WhoIsActive waiting resource
I have a huge query in SQL Server 2016 – when I run the query for a subset of records, it completes in 15 minutes. When I extrapolate it to total number of records, it is supposed to be complete in 1 ...
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TSQL or SSIS for Direct Insert Speed Performance
I am moving data from Table A into Table B. Tables have the exact same DDL, table structure, and are straight inserts. We are Not transforming or modifying data.
If TSQL Server and SSIS have the ...
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Identify Query Waiting on resources
I have some query with CXCONSUMER wait time when i ran sp_whoisactive as shown in the screenshot below.
When i checked the status it is suspended.That means it is waiting for some process to release ...
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Microsoft Optimal method for columns into 1 word: XML Raw or Concat
What is fastest, performance method to make columns into one word? Does Microsoft have recommendation, or is there performance Big-O studies on FOR XML RAW vs Concat?
Company has multiple tables with ...
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Is NEWSEQUENTIALID unique within a database for Many tables?
Is NEWSEQUENTIALID unique within a database? We plan many tables in a database with NEWSEQUENTIALID, inserting simultaneously and want to ensure every guid will be unique, regardless if they are in ...
