
Input/output bottlenecks can be the hardest to troubleshoot because they are usually manifested from memory or CPU issues. Particularly during peak or maintenance times. High input/output represents disk subsystems doing too much work. High I/O during peak or maintenance timesĬPU pressure slowing down database server Let’s start by mentioning some of the common performance issues:

A lot of times it can be a combination of two or more, or it could look like one but it’s actually other. It’s all about identifying which one of these is causing the problem. SQL Server monitoring tools can help us paint the big picture.

The goal of this article is to get familiar with SQL Server monitoring tools and identify what some of the most common SQL Server performance problems are.ĭealing with performance problems is not an easy task but it all comes down to I/O, CPU, memory, or concurrency related stuff.
