Her latest deployment—a simple reporting module—had brought the multi-terabyte SQL Server to its knees. The CEO was already calling. Every time she tried to run a trace, the management studio froze. She was flying blind in a storm of her own making.
She reached into her bag and pulled out a weathered, heavy volume: . SQL Server Query Performance Tuning, 4th Edition
The CPU line on the monitor, which had been a flat ceiling at 99%, plummeted to a cool 12%. The report that had timed out after ten minutes now populated in four seconds. She was flying blind in a storm of her own making
The server room at OmniLogistics felt more like a sauna than a data center. Inside, Sarah sat hunched over her monitor, bathed in the frantic amber glow of "High CPU" alerts. The report that had timed out after ten
Sarah leaned back, the hum of the cooling fans finally sounding like music rather than a dirge. She patted the book's spine. In the world of database tuning, she realized, you don't need a bigger server; you just need to know how to talk to the one you have.