This is the fifth post in which I am walking through a query that I use to analyze indexes. Thus far I have added to the following to the query that I use: Combine existing index statistics and missing indexes into a single output Find existing duplicate and overlapping indexes Find the relationship between indexes … Continue reading Analyze This – Analyze Your Indexes – Part 5
This is the fourth post in which I am walking through a query that I use to analyze indexes. Thus far I have added to the following to the query that I use: Combine existing index statistics and missing indexes into a single output Find existing duplicate and overlapping indexes Find the relationship between indexes … Continue reading Analyze This – Analyze Your Indexes – Part 4
I got the following question a couple days ago: “I have one problem with my database. The size of mdf file is huge and i feel it is not the data that is causing the increase in size, i feel indexes might be occupying space. Is there any way to find that indexes are occupying … Continue reading What is the size of your index?
This is the third post in which I am walking through a query that I use to analyze indexes. Thus far I have added to the following to the query that I use: Combine existing index statistics and missing indexes into a single output Find existing duplicate and overlapping indexes An error in the WHERE … Continue reading Analyze This – Analyze Your Indexes – Part 3
This is the second post in which I am walking through a query that I use to analyze indexes. For some reason the grammar on the title of the first post was a bit jacked so I’ve corrected it for this post and the all following ones. Here’s a summary of what I’ve added to … Continue reading Analyze This – Analyze Your Indexes – Part 2
Shrinks have no idea what’s wrong with you when you walk in the door. In you come you try to describe what appears to be the problem and then they start asking about your mother. But you don’t want to talk about your mother, most likely you’d like some relief to whatever the concern is … Continue reading Analyze This – Your Indexes Analysis – Part 1
Often when I am load testing an application with a client I want to check to see if there is any index contention in a database. To do this, I use the DMF sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats. For a good rundown on this DMF, I recommend reading Louis Davidson’s blog entry on sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats. Instead of repeating that content, … Continue reading Monitoring Index Contention With DMFs
Thought I'd share something I threw together for a client today. They were looking for index a list of indexes in a database with their associated sizes and usage. Using this WHERE statement allowed them to identify 38GB of index space that was being allocated unnecessarily for indexes.
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