Performance Tuning and Optimising SQL Databases Training (10987)

SQL Database Performance Tuning Course Outline

• Module 1: SQL Server Architecture, Scheduling, and Waits

  This module covers high level architectural overview of SQL Server and its various components. It dives deep into SQL Server execution model, waits and queues.

  Lessons

  • SQL Server Components and SQL OS
  • Windows Scheduling vs SQL Scheduling
  • Waits and Queues

  Lab: SQL Server Architecture, Scheduling, and Waits

  After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Describe the SQL Server components and SQL OS
  • Describe the differences between Windows Scheduling and SQL scheduling
  • Describe waits and queues

   

• Module 2: SQL Server I/O

  This module covers core I/O concepts, Storage Area Networks and performance testing. It focuses on SQL Server I/O operations and how to test storage performance.

  Lessons

  • Core Concepts
  • Storage Solutions
  • I/O Setup and Testing

  Lab: Testing Storage Performance

  After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Describe the core concepts of SQL I/O
  • Describe storage solutions
  • Setup and test I/O

   

• Module 3: Database Structures

  This module covers Database Structures, Data File and TempDB Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practises related to data files for user databases and TempDB.

  Lessons

  • Database Structure Internals
  • Data File Internals
  • TempDB Internals

  Lab: Database Structures

  After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Describe the internal setup of database structures
  • Describe the internal setup of data files
  • Describe the internal setup of TempDB

   

• Module 4: SQL Server Memory

  This module covers Windows and SQL Server Memory internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practises related to SQL Server Memory Configuration.

  Lessons

  • Windows Memory
  • SQL Server Memory
  • In-Memory OLTP

  Lab: SQL Server Memory

  After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Describe the components of Windows memory
  • Describe the components of SQL Server memory
  • Describe In-Memory OLTP

   

• Module 5: SQL Server Concurrency 

  This module covers Transactions and Locking Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practises related to Concurrency, Transactions, Isolation Levels and Locking.

  Lessons

  • Concurrency and Transactions
  • Locking Internals

  Lab: Concurrency and Transactions

  After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Explain concurrency and transactions
  • Describe locking

   

• Module 6: Statistics and Index Internals

  This module covers Statistics and Index Internals. It focuses on architectural concepts and best practises related to Statistics and Indexes.

  Lessons

  • Statistics Internals and Cardinality Estimation
  • Index Internals
  • Columnstore Indexes

  Lab: Statistics and index Internals

  After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Describe statistics internals
  • Explain cardinality estimation
  • Describe why you would use Columnstore indexes and be able to implement one

   

• Module 7: Query Execution and Query Plan Analysis

  This module covers Query Execution and Query Plan Analysis. It focuses on architectural concepts of the Optimiser and how to identify and fix query plan issues.

  Lessons

  • Query execution and optimiser internals
  • Analysing query plans

  Lab: Query execution and query plan analysis

  After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Describe query execution and optimiser
  • Analyse query plans and resolve common issues

   

• Module 8: Plan Caching and Recompilation

  This module covers Plan Caching and Recompilation. It focuses on architectural concepts, troubleshooting scenarios and best practises related to Plan Cache.

  Lessons

  • Plan cache internals
  • Troubleshooting plan cache issues
  • Query store

  Lab: Plan caching and recompilation

  After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Describe plan cacheTroubleshoot plan cache issues
  • Describe query store and why you would use it

   

• Module 9: Extended Events

  This module covers Extended Events. It focuses on architectural concepts, troubleshooting strategy and usage scenarios for Extended Events.

  Lessons

  • Extended events core concepts
  • Implementing extended events

  Lab: Extended events

  After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Describe the core concepts of extended events
  • Implement extended events

   

• Module 10: Monitoring, Tracing, and Baselining

  This module covers tools and techniques to monitor, trace and baseline SQL Server performance data. It focuses on data collection strategy and techniques to analyse collected data.

  Lessons

  • Monitoring and tracing
  • Baselining and benchmarking

  Lab: Monitoring, Tracing and Baselining

  After completing this module, you will be able to:

  • Describe various options for monitoring and tracing
  • Describe various options for benchmarking and baselining