Sql Server Query Performance Tuning: Distilled

With proven strategy, this book shows how to use SQL Server tools to identifya performance bottleneck, isolate the root cause, apply possible resolutions, and then quantify performance improvements.

...very user-friendly, easy to understand, very well designed, and fun to read. -- Palak Patel, SQL Square

I don't feel like this book bogs you down with all of the internal details that a lot of the other books do. -- Aaron Weiker Weblog

Many SQL Server-based applications perform far below expectationcosting money and time. And until now, there has been very little practical information available that explains how to identify and cure performance problems in SQL Server. But this book offers essential content to fill in the gap.

" SQL Server Query Performance Tuning Distilled, Second Edition" includes updated material plus one new chapter, and explains how to design and tune SQL Server applications to cope with ever-increasing workloads. With proven strategy, this book teaches you how to use SQL Server tools to identify a performance bottleneck, isolate the root cause, apply possible resolutions, and then quantify performance improvements. Also covered are crucial issues like index analysis and tuning, preventing deadlocks, optimizing workload, and minimizing costs.