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10987C - Performance Tuning and Optimising SQL Databases

This document outlines a training course on SQL Server architecture and performance tuning. The 10-module course covers topics such as SQL Server components, scheduling, waits and queues, I/O, database structures, memory configuration, concurrency, transactions, locking, statistics, indexes, query execution, query optimization, plan caching, extended events, monitoring and tracing. Each module includes lessons, a lab, and learning objectives to help participants understand key concepts and implement best practices for optimizing SQL Server performance.

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10987C - Performance Tuning and Optimising SQL Databases

This document outlines a training course on SQL Server architecture and performance tuning. The 10-module course covers topics such as SQL Server components, scheduling, waits and queues, I/O, database structures, memory configuration, concurrency, transactions, locking, statistics, indexes, query execution, query optimization, plan caching, extended events, monitoring and tracing. Each module includes lessons, a lab, and learning objectives to help participants understand key concepts and implement best practices for optimizing SQL Server performance.

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Course Outline

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
SQL Server Components and SQL OS
Windows Scheduling vs SQL Scheduling
Waits and Queues
Lab : SQL Server Architecture, Scheduling, and Waits
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

Describe waits and queues

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
Core Concepts
Storage Solutions
I/O Setup and Testing
Lab : Testing Storage Performance
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

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
Database Structure Internals
Data File Internals
TempDB Internals
Lab : Database Structures
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

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
Windows Memory
SQL Server Memory
In-Memory OLTP
Lab : SQL Server Memory
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

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
Concurrency and Transactions
Locking Internals
Lab : SQL Server Concurrency
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Explain concurrency and transactions

Describe locking

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
Statistics Internals and Cardinality Estimation
Index Internals
Columnstore Indexes
Lab : Statistics and index Internals
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

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
Query execution and optimizer internals
Query execution plans
Analyzing query execution plans
Adaptive query processing
Lab : Query execution and query plan analysis
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe query execution and optimizer

Analyze query plans and resolve common issues

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
Plan cache internals
Troubleshooting plan cache issues
Automatic tuning
Query store
Lab : Plan caching and recompilation
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe plan cache

Troubleshoot plan cache issues

Describe query store and why you would use it

Module 9: Extended Events


This module covers Extended Events. It focuses on architectural concepts, troubleshooting
strategy and usage scenarios for Extended Events.
Lessons
Extended events core concepts
Working with extended events
Lab : Extended events
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe the core concepts of extended events

Implement 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
Monitoring and tracing
Baselining and benchmarking
Lab : Monitoring, Tracing and Baselining
After completing this module, you will be able to:

Describe various options for monitoring and tracing

Describe various options for benchmarking and Baselining

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