Sql Server Performance Tuning

SQL Server performance monitoring and tuning Bala Subra [email_address]

Make SQL Server faster Methodology Look at SQL Server from a holistic standpoint. How to baseline a SQL Server system. How to track it from a “landscape perspective.” Evaluate the system now and going forward

Performance Tuning Challenges Difficult to create a baseline and compare over time to current status Exorbitant amount of data to manage and analyze = ‘analysis paralysis’ Multiple tools to manage the tiers and they are not compatible Difficult to distinguish the issue at an object level or tier = ‘finger pointing’

Challenges - Continued Cannot further impact the performance of the production system Understand production, not simulation Need for real time and historical view of performance data in a single system Record of changes over time and subsequent impact once implemented Throw hardware at the problem as a quick fix

Phases of performance tuning Define components Evaluate objects Interpret findings Create an action plan

Performance tracking Use tracking tool of your choice Word Excel Database Methodology works on any platform

Define components A holistic view of the landscape Path determination Systems Software Hardware

The landscape “Literally everything” Server itself Clustering components, if clustered Networking, cards and driver levels Routers and switches Client workstations Etc. An entire representation of your environment

The path Determine how data gets from a fairly unique client machine to the server. Diagram the path: Paint PowerPoint Visio Network tools Determine areas of slowdown.

The system Document the architecture Two tier – client and a server Three tier – client, middle layer and a server N tier – multiple systems SOA – lots of moving parts SQL Server Edition Memory 32TB? - Enterprise Edition (64-bit) 32 CPUs Clustering

The software Document software drivers, interfaces and code Only concerned with representative systems. Avoid making immediate changes; if you change the test, you can’t determine the exact issue. Do take care of security issues. Graphical representation of your system

Define components A holistic view – the landscape Path determination Systems Software Hardware

The hardware Document hardware Networking Memory Input/Output hard drives storage area networks (SANs) Health Activity Performance impact Communication channels network-attached storage (NAS) devices Network Monitoring VMWare (Virtualization)

Evaluate objects Tools Working with a baseline Working without a baseline Don’t fix anything yet!

Tools Enterprise Manager Primary tool to manage all SQL Server functionality across the enterprise Features – Ability to manage database processes, locking, indexes, configurations, etc. Performance Monitor Capture a macro view of the servers with the ability to configure counters with specific sample rates save to a log file or real time monitor Counters Memory, Processors SQL Server Network Activity, Disk Drives System Statistics (Threads, Context Switching, Queuing, etc.) SQL Server Profiler Micro view of all SQL Server transactions saved to a log file or database table Filters – Ability to capture a subset of the transactions based on the transaction type, user, application, etc. Concerns – High system overhead Query Analyzer – Query Plan Ability to graphically review the query execution plan

SQL Server Query Processing basics Data Cache Proc Cache MTL 256Mb Select * from authors where au_lname = ‘White’ au_id au_lname au_fname phone address city state 172-32-1176 White Johnson 408-496-7223 10932 Bigge Rd. Oakland CA Pages read from disk - slow Pages read from cache –fast! Lookup Pages In Data Cache Lookup Exec Plan in Proc Cache Execution Plan Found? Yes? Execute.. No? Compile & Execute.. SQL Server stores table rows & columns (Authors Table in pubs db has ~26rows and is approx 6kb total size) Table rows are stored on Disk in 8kb units, named “ pages”. When loaded into memory pages are referred to as “ buffers” Data volume (HDD) Physical Memory (RAM) Buffer Manager

SQL Profiler Event Data Cursors CursorOpen CursorExecute CursorClose Errors and Warnings Hash Warning Missing Column Statistics Locks Lock:Deadlock Lock:Timeout TSQL Unprepare SQL Parallelism Degree of Parallelism – All Counters Execution Plan Show Plan All Show Plan Statistics Show Plan Text Stored Procedure SP:Starting SP:Completed SP:Recompile SP:StmtCompleted SP:StmtStarting

Identifying Query Bottlenecks SQL Server Profiler Collect RPC:SPCompleted / TSQL:BatchCompleted events Filter with Reads > 10,000 at first, reduce to 1,000 # of reads = # of pages “read” from cache (disk if not cached) CPU, Duration, Writes & RowCount also interesting, but reads is the best representation of source workload Relies on queries completing On a swamped server, queries might be piling up without completing, therefore not showing up in Profiler as completed events as fast as they are starting. SQL Trace Same as Profiler, but runs in background Far lower performance impact that Profiler GUI Requires post analysis of .trc log files collected 3rd Party Tools – SQLBenchmarkPro (continuous) / Cleartrace (ad-hoc) Can be scripted from GUI Profiler

Identifying Query Bottlenecks (cont..) DMVs Gives only a current snapshot of query / procedure cache All data lost between restarts Similar to SQL Trace \ Profiler in that updates only occur POST query completion. Therefore not quite up to the second information. Important DMVs: sys.dm_exec_query_stats – reads / time by sql_handle sys.dm_exec_query_plan() – execution plan by sql_handle sys.dm_exec_sql_text() – query text by sql_handle Identify slow queries by joining above three DMVs together

What about query blocking? Use Profiler / SQL Trace – “Blocked Process Report” Event Must configure “Blocked Process Threshold” configuration set in seconds (# of seconds blocked) trace events continually raised every x seconds

What about query blocking? (cont..) Blocked queries are usually caused by inefficient queries taking more locks than necessary Blocked queries are usually a consequence of other poorly performing queries Still worth monitoring with Blocked Process Report trace to identify (other) inefficient queries for tuning Snapshot isolation level provides an alternative to readers being blocked by writers readers see previous committed value and read past rather than be blocked by writers.

Infrastructure bottlenecks New features released Logical Page Reads / sec shows TOTAL number of query reads / sec. Increases represent either: New features, possibly not well tuned (this case) Query optimization problems Increased utilization

Infrastructure bottlenecks Buffer Life Expectancy shows average time (secs) page buffers survive in data cache before being forced out by pressure from other queries High Number (> 1000 secs for OLTPs) is good (low cache cycling)

Special case - tempdb Temp Tables AND Table Variables are created on disk Version store is materialized in tempdb Under snapshot isolation, db updates are written to disk in tempdb, allowing other queries to read previously committed results Large resultset query sorting (ORDER BY) on disk Turns SELECT queries from pure disk reads (in user db), to read + write + read

Solid State Drives (SSDs) SSDs are similar in nature to RAM. No physically moving parts Concurrent access Extremely high speed SSDs are ideal for tempdb, given tembdb’s disk oriented workload SSDs have lower mean time between failures than HDDs no moving parts to wear down HDDs involve physically moving metal at high speed

Solid State Drives (SSDs) Even if SSD fails, having tempdb on it creates no risk tempdb persists no transactional data tempdb is totally rebuilt upon every reboot of SQL Server even if device totally fails, tempdb can be relocated on HDD during restart of SQL Server Hard drive disk heads can only be physically in one place at any point in time tempdb‘s random, concurrent, highly write intensive disk activity can generate enormous queued disk workloads

Common SQL Server Performance Problems High CPU Utilization Identification Guess – Task Manager figures Hunt – Perfmon counters 24x7 – CPU usage by time, statement Resolution Add additional CPUs Identify statement(s) with high CPU Move processes to another server or to off peak times

High Disk I/O Identification Guess – Disk drive lights or drive churning Hunt – Avg Disk Queue Length, % Disk Time 24x7 – Review IO wait types and consumption Resolution Add additional physical drives Separate tables, indexes, file groups Separate databases on physical disks Appropriate RAID (database 1, 10, 5 - log 1) Add additional indexes and/or re-index tables

Poor Performing Statements Identification Guess – User perception and input Hunt – Profiler statement analysis 24x7 – Statements by resource, time, user Resolution Review database design and query plans Review table access order for JOINs Recommend indexes based on data access Short transactions with regular commits

The Index Impact Identification Guess – User perception and input Hunt – Review query plans for entire application 24x7 – Index recommendations Resolution Use Index Tuning Wizard CRUD chart to determine needed indexes Review code to determine columns in JOIN, WHERE, ORDER BY, GROUP BY, etc clauses Leverage correct index based on needs Maintain indexes and statistics per object

Clustered Indexes Clustered indexes are the actual physically written records. A SELECT statement with no ORDER BY clause will return data in the clustered index order. 1 clustered index per table, 249 non-clustered indexes per table. Highly recommended for every table! Very useful for columns sorted on GROUP BY and ORDER BY clauses, as well as those filtered by WHERE clauses.

Non-Clustered Indexes Useful for retrieving a single record or a range of records. Maintained in a separate structure and maintained as changes are made to the base table. Tend to be much narrower than the base table, so they can locate the exact record(s) with much less I/O. Has at least one more intermediate level than the clustered index, but are much less valuable if table doesn’t have a clustered index.

Fill Factor When SQL Server creates indexes, every page is nearly 100% full. No room on the leaf or intermediate pages for INSERTs, UPDATEs, or DELETEs. Default can cause costly page splits on certain tables. Promotes table fragmentation. SQL Server allows you to specify amount of free space in leaf pages with FILL FACTOR, an option in the CREATE INDEX statement.

Stored Procedure Optimization SET NOCOUNT OFF improves performance when coding stored procedures, triggers, and functions. Turns of the N rows affected verbiage and eliminates messages from the server to the client for each step in a stored procedure. CREATE PROC xyz AS SET NOCOUNT ON < stored procedure code > SET NOCOUNT OFF GO Mixing DDL and DML operations causes a recompile Certain operations on temporary tables cause a recompile Refer to temp tables created locally Don’t declare cursors that reference a temp table Don’t create temp tables while in a loop

Querying against Composite Keys Composite keys are only useful from the leftmost column to the rightmost column, in the order they appeared in the CREATE INDEX statement. Example: CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX ndx_foo ON foo(a, b, c, d) The following WHERE clauses will access the NDX_FOO: WHERE a = @a WHERE a = @a AND b = @b The following WHERE clauses will access only part of NDX_FOO: WHERE a = @a AND d = @d WHERE a = @a AND c = @c AND b = @b The following WHERE clauses invalidate NDX_FOO: WHERE b = @b AND c = @c WHERE b = @b AND a = @a

Queries with LIKE Queries on production systems should NOT use SELECT * FROM… Main reason is that any time the underlying table is changed, all query plans stored in the cache must be rebuilt The SQL tools allow very quick scripting – so no excuses! Queries that use the LIKE clause have two simple rules: LIKE can use indexes if the pattern starts with a character string, such as WHERE lname LIKE ‘w%’ LIKE cannot use an index if the pattern starts with a leading wildcard, such as WHERE lname LIKE ‘%alton’

Queries with Functions & Calculations in the WHERE clause Avoid using functions or calculations on the column in a WHERE clause because it causes SQL Server to ignore any index on the column: WHERE qty * 12 > 10000 WHERE ISNULL(ord_date, ‘Jan 01,2001’) > ‘Jan 01, 2002 12:00:00 AM’ Instead, move the function or calculation to the SARG: WHERE qty > 10000/12 WHERE ord_date IS NOT NULL AND ord_date > ‘Jan 01, 2002 12:00:00 AM’

Query Tuning Use SHOWPLAN_TEXT or Graphic Query Plan to analyze queries. Joins perform better than sub queries Beware queries that have SCAN but not SEEK operations Beware join queries that have HASH but not NESTED LOOP operations Remember that constraints put lots of overhead on INSERT and UPDATE statements

Execution Plan Notation The Good, the Ugly, the Bad Table Scans and Index Scans – Bad and Ugly Sorts – generally Bad and Ugly Hash Joins – Bad and Ugly Thick lines coming into the operation and thin lines coming out – Bad and Ugly Merge Joins – Good without big sort Index Seeks and Clustered Index Seeks – Good Nested Loop Joins – Good Bookmark Lookups – “it depends” Join Conditions Nested loops are used when one of the inputs is smaller then other. Extremely effective Merge joins are used when both inputs are roughly the same size. Requires presorted data and therefore can be dangerous Hash joins are used to process un-sorted data using in-memory hashing – generally the slowest way

Inside SQL Server Query Optimization

Reduce Contention Keep transactions short Don’t get user input in the middle of a transaction Process all rows Good Indexes Reduce time to identify rows to update More granular locks Monitor Locks and Deadlocks Enterprise Manager, syslockinfo, sysprocesses, trace Manage Locks and Deadlocks Balance deadlocks and performance

Deadlocks Choose Appropriate Isolation Levels Cyclic Deadlocks Ensure consistent update sequences Conversion Deadlocks Serialize Access (UPDLOCK hint)

Index Tuning Passive Tuning with DMVs Active Tuning Don’t just click apply Use smart names Look for overlaps Go passive first

SQL 2008 Data Compression Estimating Compression sp_estimate_data_compression_savings @schema_name @object_name @index_id @partition_number @data_compression Index Compression Drawbacks Enterprise Edition only No inheritance No automation

Index Defragmentation Best Practices 13% to 460% Faster

DBCC SHOWCONTIG Use either table name and index name, or table ID and index ID numbers. DBCC SHOWCONTIG ( [Order Details], OrderID ) Results : DBCC SHOWCONTIG scanning 'Order Details' table... Table: 'Order Details' (325576198); index ID: 2, database ID: 6 LEAF level scan performed. - Pages Scanned................................: 5 - Extents Scanned..............................: 2 - Extent Switches..............................: 1 - Avg. Pages per Extent........................: 2.5 - Scan Density [Best Count:Actual Count].......: 50.00% [1:2] - Logical Scan Fragmentation ..................: 0.00% - Extent Scan Fragmentation ...................: 50.00% - Avg. Bytes Free per Page.....................: 2062.0 - Avg. Page Density (full).....................: 74.52% DBCC execution completed. If DBCC printed error messages, contact your system administrator.

DBCC INDEXDEFRAG DBCC INDEXDEFRAG is a great way to rebuild the leaf level of index in one step Performs on-line index reconstruction Can be interrupted without losing the work already completed Fully logged Can take longer than rebuilding the index and is not quite as effective Syntax: DBCC INDEXDEFRAG ( { database | 0 } ,{ table | 'view' } ,{ index } ) [ WITH NO_INFOMSGS ]

DBCC DBREINDEX DBCC DBREINDEX was introduced in version 7.0 to enable DBAs to rebuild indexes without having to drop and recreate PRIMARY KEY and UNIQUE constraints Locks the table for the duration of the operation Can offer additional optimizations than a series of individual DROP INDEX and CREATE INDEX statements on a single table Syntax: DBCC DBREINDEX ( ['database.owner.table_name' [,index_name [,fillfactor] ] ] ) [ WITH NO_INFOMSGS ]

Implement Best Practices Be sure to set “Maximize throughput for network applications”. Make sure PAGEFILE.SYS is adequately sized. Add additional pagefiles on separate physical drives and/or segregate them from SQL Server files. Tempdb is too small by default. automatic file growth is much too small by default In high OLTP systems, it should be on a physically separate and fast I/O system

Automate DBA Maintenance Tasks A daily task to perform DBCC checks and dump each of the major system databases. A weekly task to reinitialize the indexes and restore fill factors on major datbases. A nightly task to update index statistics. A nightly task to update the Sysindexes table of each database.

Unknown SQL Server Changes Identification Guess – Broken application Hunt – Query sysobjects 24x7 – Schema change report Resolution Appropriate security based on duties Solidified change management process Open communication among the team

SQL Server Trending Identification Guess – Change in user complaints Hunt – Perfmon and Profiler changes 24x7 – Performance metrics over time Benefits Proactive approach for future planning Justification for hardware and software Capacity planning

Gather a baseline Working with a baseline Collect data when the problem doesn’t exist. Gather a lot of detail. Working without a baseline Start broad and zero in on problems. Look at wider counters (i.e. CPU performance).

Interpret findings Gather subject matter experts You can’t do it all – don’t try Gather their thoughts Make everyone come up with what they think Agree on common interpretations Don’t sweat the small stuff Table differences Don’t fix anything yet!

Create an action plan Decide on the fixes Decide who should implement Decide risks and rewards Detail timelines Create backup plan Implement Monitor for change, report

SQL Server Performance Tuning Process Automation SQL Server Performance Tuning Process Automation Educated Guess Manual Automated Hunt and Peck Tool Set Entire company Reactive approach No tools Entire company Reactive approach Disjointed tools Entire company Proactive approach Integrated tools People: Process: Technology:

Performance Tuning Redefined with SQL 2008

Performance Tuning Best Practices Focus on performance needs from the project scope to maintenance Design and develop for high performance Hardware, Windows, SQL Server and application System baseline with ongoing comparisons Monitor, analyze, alert and report Solidified change management process Properly designate permissions based on duties Work towards continuous improvements

Methodology review Gather component list Evaluate objects Interpret findings Create an action plan

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