29th - 31st March 2012

Novotel London West, London

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Performance Troubleshooting made easy with PAL

Performance troubleshooting is a key aspect of any operational DBA's role and identifying performance bottlenecks quickly enables faster problem resolution. 

PAL helps identify problems quickly by processing large log files and providing a colour-coded report highlighting problem areas.

Here's a summary of the session:

  • Performance troubleshooting
    • Troubleshooting methodology
    • Data capture
  • Using Performance Analysis for Logs (PAL)
    • Analysing PerfMon log files
    • Tuning thresholds
    • Working with theshold templates
  • Post-analysis steps
    • Establish a baseline
    • Next steps for troubleshooting
Presented by Justin Langford at SQLBits VI
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  • SpeakerBIO
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    Justin is a Principal Consultant for Coeo, a Microsoft Gold Partner providing SQL Server consulting services for upgrade, performance tuning, scalability and availability solutions for SQL Server.  Coeo also offer Remote DBA services for SQL Server platform. Prior to Coeo - Justin spent 3 years working for Microsoft as a Premier Field Engineer during which he delivered SQL Server support consulting to some of Microsoft’s largest finance and government customers.  Justin co-authored Wrox IT Pro: SQL Server Performance Tuning, two Syngress exam guides on SQL Server 2008 and contributed to SQL Server 2008 Internals and Troubleshooting guide with Christian Bolton, Brent Ozar and James Rowland-Jones.
    http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/justinl
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