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SQL Server 100% CPU Utilization - One database shows high CPU usage than others

We have an SQL server with about 40 different (about 1-5GB each) databases. The server is an 8 core 2.3G CPU …

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Constant SQL Server 80% CPU Utilization

We have a small (for now) Asp.Net MVC 5 website on a dedicated VPS. When I go to the server …

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stored procedure is execution taking long time in sql server

I have a table called Transaction_tbl with more than 400 000 records in it. This is the table structure: CREATE TABLE […

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Indexes with included columns, what's the difference?

I've never really understood the difference between these two indexes, can someone please explain what the difference is (performance-wise, how …

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Best way to track locks - SQL Server

We have a new sp getting released and during testing we found that when it runs its blocking other OLTP …

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SQL Server: 12% index scan density and 50% fragmentation. How bad is "bad"?

How much fragmentation is bad? How low of scan density is too low? How low does scan density is bad? …

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SQL Server Performance Comparison Between Over Partition By And Group By

Although a couple of questions were already posted in SO about the difference between Over Partition By and Group By, …

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