CPU usage is increased after installing CU 8 for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2

  • Hi,

    I have noticed that the CPU usage is increased by 15 % after installing CU 8 for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2.

    Does anybody experienced this? are there any known issues with CU8?

    Thanks

  • I have not experienced anything yet. Did you check to see what wait types you are having? CXPacket or SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD? If so, have you identified those queries. It is possible that execution plans may have changed also, have you checked if Parallelism is happening (execution plan)?

  • Nothing is changed in the application except CU8 installation. From last few weeks the CPU usage is <25%. But today, CPU usage is 40 % most of the time.

  • Okay. What are the Max Degree of Parallelism and the Cost Threshold values for the server? Is it for OLTP/Datawarehouse/OLAP? I know that service packs shouldn't change those settings, but take a quick look.

  • Hi juancabrer, do you have SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 CU8 in your environment?

    fsaagent waittype is the top wait type. It's OLTP environment. MAXDOP is 1.

  • Mani,

    I am not sure if you have been able to figure it out yet. I believe that you will see the FSAGENT wait type whenever you are using FILESTREAMING/SQL BLOB. Do you have FILESTREAM Access level enabled? (check under server advanced properties). That specific wait type has a value of zero on my servers because I don't have FILESTREAMING enabled.

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