Idera live 2021: Performance Tuning Azure SQL Database by Monica Rathbun
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The document discusses performance tuning for Azure SQL Database, highlighting its fully managed nature and the importance of monitoring and performance tuning despite some automated features. It covers metrics to analyze, query performance insights, and the use of tools like Azure SQL Analytics. The presentation also touches on automatic tuning as a beneficial option for database administrators seeking efficient management of their workloads.
Idera live 2021: Performance Tuning Azure SQL Database by Monica Rathbun
- 1. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. Performance Tuning Azure SQL Database Monica Rathbun Consultant Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting 1
- 2. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 Monica Rathbun Consultant Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting User Group Leader: Hampton Roads VA Data Saturday VA Beach Organizer She, Her /sqlespresso @SQLEspresso SQLEspresso.com
- 3. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights resered. 3 01 WHAT IS IT 02 MONITOR 03 INDENTIFY QUERIES 04 ANALYZE 05 READABLE SECONDARY 06 AUTOMATIC TUNING Agenda
- 4. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. Understanding Azure SQL Database What is it? ● Fully Managed Cloud Database ● Runs on Azure Computing Platform ● Most Database Management is handled without DBA involvement ● Some Automating Tuning Included ● PERFORMANCE TUNING AND MONITORING IS STILL NEEDED! 4
- 5. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Get the Whole Picture Azure Metrics Query Performance Insights Azure SQL Analytics Monitoring, Dashboarding Query Identification Analyze SQL Performance Stats
- 6. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. Azure Metrics 6 Pen to Dashboard Control Time Add Metrics
- 7. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. Query Store 7
- 8. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. Query Performance Insights 8
- 9. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. Query Details 9 ● Note the Query ID this links directing to Query Store ● See RunTime Stats per hour ● Pay Attention to CPU/Data IO ● Execution Counts can be HUGE indicator of death by 1000 cuts
- 10. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. Azure SQL Analytics 10 ● Relies on Log Analytics, Storage Acct or Event Hub ● Extra Cost ● Query with Kusto Query Language KQL ● All databases can write to One Workspace NOT GA YET (Public Preview)
- 11. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. Azure SQL Analytics 11
- 12. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. 12 Read Only Replicas Things to watch out for when you offload your workload and need to performance tune.
- 13. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. 13 Query Store is Replicated Data is Primary Workload This is of NO USE TO YOU!
- 14. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. 14 Automatic Tuning For lazy database administrators, like me, Automatic Tuning can be an easy win.
- 15. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. Automatic Tuning 15
- 16. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. Performance Recommendations 16
- 17. © 2021 IDERA, Inc. All rights reserved. 18 THANKS! ANY QUESTIONS? You can find me at: @SQLEspresso [email protected]