Category: Performance

Microsoft’s In Memory Strategy for SQL Server
Posted by Rob Risetto on September 20, 2014

It’s quite interesting that Microsoft’s SQL Server 2014 release has a number of In Memory performance optimisation features.  The clock speeds of CPUs have not significantly increased over the last few years  but memory has become relativity cheap and the 64 bit Windows platforms now provide substantial scope to run high memory footprints.

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Arrrggh SQL Server 2012 SP1 Performance Bug Alert
Posted by Rob Risetto on July 26, 2014

I’m highlighting this bug notice in my newsletter and blog since it has the potential to affect quite a few SQL Server 2012 installations.

Here’s the link to the MB KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2845380 .
CU4 for SP1 resolves the issue.

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