SQL Server: Improving Storage Subsystem Performance

This course shows how to properly configure SQL Server storage for the best performance, scalability, and reliability with several different types of workloads, and how to measure your storage performance.

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Learning Journey Context

Works well as a continuation after mastering Information Technology fundamentals. It bridges the gap toward advanced, production-level engineering.

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Relevant for professionals pursuing roles within Information Technology.

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2 hour 13 minutes
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Intermediate
Self-Paced Online
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English
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What You’ll Learn

Storage subsystem performance can often be the biggest factor affecting a SQL Server workload. This course, SQL Server: Improving Storage Subsystem Performance, shows you how to detect and correct important and common storage misconfiguration issues with SQL Server. You'll get to see how to measure and analyze storage subsystem performance, as well as and how to change SQL Server configurations for the best performance. You'll also get to see common RAID levels and how to choose an appropriate one for the SQL Server workload. By the end of this course, you'll be prepared to properly design and configure SQL Server storage subsystems for various types of SQL Server workloads for the best performance, scalability, and reliability. The course is relevant to all current versions of SQL Server, and demonstrates some new features from SQL Server 2014 and SQL Server 2016.

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Outcomes

  • Course Overview : 1min.
  • Introduction : 10mins.
  • Measuring and Analyzing Storage Subsystem Performance : 14mins.
  • Testing and Benchmarking Storage Subsystems : 17mins.
  • Understanding Storage Types Suitable for SQL Server Workloads : 16mins.
  • Understanding the Effects of RAID Levels on SQL Server Workloads : 15mins.
  • Improving Storage Subsystem Performance : 58mins.
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