Sql server Prod Database is responding slow

  • Hi Sql sever Professionals,

    If there is problem like application getting hang & is working slow. What are things I need to check to find the reason. Please suggest me the things to be checked. How to understand the problem.

    The basic things I check when ever this issue has reported are follows.

    CPU Utilization

    Blocking

    Top Physical I/O

    Top CPU

    Lach_ex to find internal memory issue.

    Please suggest me to over come this issues in Future.

    Sql server 2000,SP3, Clustering Implemented.

    Rgds,

    Rushi.

  • instead of directly blaming the sql for the slowness, you need to find

    1) is application slow for all users?

    2) is the network itsellf working fine?

    3) If application is accessed by different location then is it slow across the location or a perticular location?

    4) Which functionality with the application is slow? Is all functionality slow or any perticular functionality within application.

    And further more specific to application and user accessing the application related questions...

    once you have these basic detail, you can start digging your database(if required) to find the problem.

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    Ashish

  • also check for Blockings and neverthless I/O.

  • While all those are good suggestions, I suggest checking out Glenn Berry's blog post here, where he shares his diagnostic queries which includes one on wait stats

  • Hi Jacks,

    Thnx a lot, the link of Glenn Berry's u have given is really useful for me. Can you please send me the same for sql server 2000 as my Production server is sql server2000.

    Regards,

    Rushi.

  • the DMVs mentioned in the link are for 2005 onwards... but similar problem you can google with sql server 2000.

    I am sure you will find some queries in this website itself, else definately on some link in google

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    Ashish

  • rushi.reddy (9/22/2010)


    Hi Jacks,

    Thnx a lot, the link of Glenn Berry's u have given is really useful for me. Can you please send me the same for sql server 2000 as my Production server is sql server2000.

    Regards,

    Rushi.

    Sorry, just assumed that you were on at least 2005 since you posted this in a SQL Server 2008 forum.

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