SQL Server Radio
SQL Server Radio is a Podcast for SQL Server DBAs, database developers, architects, system administrators, and anyone else who is interested in the Microsoft SQL Server platform and the Microsoft data platform in general.
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Episode 191 - High CPU in SQL Server 2025 (opens the original)
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Guy and Eitan discuss an interesting case study where crazy high CPU was detected after an upgrade to SQL Server 2025. Relevant links: SQL 2025 showing crazy-high CPU | LobsterPot Solutions Enable Automatic Tuning - Azure SQL Database & Azure SQL Managed Instance | Microsoft Learn Plan Forcing in SQL Server - Erin Stellato
Episode 190 - SQL Server 2025 gains RDS but loses Web (opens the original)
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Guy and Eitan discuss news regarding SQL Server 2025, specifically that it's now publicly available on Amazon RDS, but also that Web Edition is now gone. Also, Guy shares an interesting use case with troubleshooting disk IO latency issues. And finally, Guy and Eitan discuss the differences between SQL Server and PostgreSQL, and why would anyone still be paying for SQL Server. Relevant links: Amazon RDS for SQL Server now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2025 SQL Server Web Edition Discontinued. Now
Episode 189 - Top Ten SQL Server Performance Tuning Best Practices and More (opens the original)
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Guy and Eitan go over Paul Randal's article of "Top Ten SQL Server Performance Tuning Best Practices" (published in last March), and add their own input. We also talk about considerations of upgrading SQL Server to 2025, and we also learn something new about Temp Table Caching. Relevant links: SQL101: Top Ten SQL Server Performance Tuning Best Practices - Paul S. Randal SQL Server 2016 Extended Security Updates: Stay Protected While You Modernize | Microsoft Community Hub Memory-optimized TempDB
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