Performance Tuning of the Transaction Log
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Performance Tuning of the Transaction Log A Peek in the most Critical and Misunderstood Part of SQL Server
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Performance Tuning of the Transaction Log
A Peek in the most Critical and Misunderstood Part of SQL Server
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About me
Senior SQL Server DBA at HP Guest Lecturer at Sofia
University MCITP: SQL 2008 MCSE: Data Platform MCSA: Windows Server 2012 @miro_dd [email protected]
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Agenda
Introduction to Log
Transaction Log Structure
Top reasons for Log Performance Problems
Delayed Durability
Configuration Best Practices
Log Monitoring
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Introduction
What is it actually?
Write Ahead Logging
Log Cache
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Transaction Log Structure
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Virtual Log Files
Log Blocks
Log Records
Top Reasons for Log Performance problems
Unused Non-clustered Indexes
Log Autogrowth Setting
High Availability Features
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sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats
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Top Reasons for Log Performance problems (2)
Fragmented Indexes
Many tiny transactions
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sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats
sys.dm_io_virtual_file_stats
sys.dm_io_pending_io_requests
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Delayed Durability
SQL 2014 Feature
Deferred Log Flushing
Tiny Transactions
Tolerate Data Loss!
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Configuration Best Practices
Initial Size
Number of VLFs
TEMPDB Log
Shrinking
Multiple Log Files
Reverting from Snapshot
Physical Location
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Log Monitoring
DMVs/DMFs
Performance Monitor Counters
Extended Events
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Key Takeaways
Transaction Log is crucial for the SQL performance
Many factors can have effect on it
Indexes – too many, fragmented
Configuration
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Useful Links
Paul Randal: http://sqlperformance.com/2012/12/io-subsyst
em/trimming-t-log-fat
http://sqlperformance.com/2013/02/system-configuration/transaction-log-configuration
Kimberly Tripp: http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/8-step
s-to-better-transaction-log-throughput/
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