Performance Tuning and Optimizing SQL Databases
- Codice corso: 10987C
- Durata corso: 4gg
Introduzione
This four-day instructor-led course provides students who manage and maintain SQL Server databases with the knowledge and skills to performance tune and optimize their databases.
The primary audience for this course is individuals who administer and maintain SQL Server databases and are responsible for optimal performance of SQL Server instances that they manage. These individuals also write queries against data and need to ensure optimal execution performance of the workloads.
The secondary audiences for this course are individuals who develop applications that deliver content from SQL Server databases.
Obiettivi del corso
After completing this course, students will be able to:
Describe the high level architectural overview of SQL Server and its various components
Describe the SQL Server execution model, waits and queues
Describe core I/O concepts, Storage Area Networks and performance testing
Describe architectural concepts and best practices related to data files for user databases and TempDB
Describe architectural concepts and best practices related to Concurrency, Transactions, Isolation Levels and Locking
Describe architectural concepts of the Optimizer and how to identify and fix query plan issues
Describe architectural concepts, troubleshooting scenarios and best practices related to Plan Cache
Describe architectural concepts, troubleshooting strategy and usage scenarios for Extended Events
Explain data collection strategy and techniques to analyze collected data
Understand techniques to identify and diagnose bottlenecks to improve overall performanc
Prerequisiti
In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:
Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality
Working knowledge of database administration and maintenance
Working knowledge of Transact-SQL
Struttura del Corso
MODULE 1: SQL Server Architecture, Scheduling, and Waits
This module covers high level architectural overview of SQL Server and its various components. It dives deep into SQL Server execution model, waits and queues.
Lessons
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe the SQL Server Components and SQL OS
Describe the differences between Windows Scheduling and SQL scheduling
Desribe waits and queues
Lab : SQL Server Architecture, Scheduling, and Waits
MODULE 2: SQL Server I/O
This module covers core I/O concepts, Storage Area Networks and performance testing. It focuses on SQL Server I/O operations and how to test storage performance.
Lessons
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe the core concepts of SQL I/O
Describe storage solutions
Setup and test I/O
Lab : Testing Storage Performance
MODULE 3: Database Structures
This module covers Database Structures, Data File and TempDB Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to data files for user databases and TempDB.
Lessons
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe the internal setup of database structures
Describe the internal setup of data files
Describe the internal setup of TempDB
Lab : Database Structures
MODULE 4: SQL Server Memory
This module covers Windows and SQL Server Memory internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to SQL Server Memory Configuration.
Lessons
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe the components of Windows Memory
Describe the components of SQL Server Memory
Describe In-Memory OLTP
Lab : SQL Server Memory
MODULE 5: SQL Server Concurrency
This module covers Transactions and Locking Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to Concurrency, Transactions, Isolation Levels and Locking.
Lessons
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Explain Concurrency and Transactions
Describe Locking Internals
Lab : SQL Server Concurrency
MODULE 6: Statistics and Index Internals
This module covers Statistics and Index Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practices related to Statistics and Indexes.
Lessons
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe statistics internals
Explain cardinality estimation
Describe why you would use Columnstore indexes and be able to implement one
Lab : Statistics and index Internals
MODULE 7: Query Execution and Query Plan Analysis
This module covers Query Execution and Query Plan Analysis. It focuses on architectural concepts of the Optimizer and how to identify and fix query plan issues.
Lessons
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe query execution and optimizer internals
Query execution plans
Analyze query plans and resolve common issues
Adaptive query processing
Lab : Query execution and query plan analysis
MODULE 8: Plan Caching and Recompilation
This module covers Plan Caching and Recompilation. It focuses on architectural concepts, troubleshooting scenarios and best practices related to Plan Cache.
Lessons
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe Plan cache internals
Troubleshoot plan cache issues
Automatic tuning
Describe query store and why you would use it
Lab : Plan caching and recompilation
MODULE 9: Extended Events
This module covers Extended Events. It focuses on architectural concepts, troubleshooting strategy and usage scenarios for Extended Events.
Lessons
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe the core concepts of extended events
Implement extended events
Lab : Extended events
MODULE 10: Monitoring, Tracing, and Baselining
This module covers tools and techniques to monitor, trace and baseline SQL Server performance data. It focuses on data collection strategy and techniques to analyze collected data.
Lessons
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Describe various options for monitoring and tracing
Describe various options for benchmarking and baselining
Lab : Monitoring, Tracing and Baselining