Tracking down performance problems in your application can be a frustrating experience. Reduce your stress levels with custom counters.

I am looking for information about what Microsoft says is the basic numbers you should see when using Performance Monitor. Something that breaks down each of the counters. Example: Memory:Page ...

Joey on SQL Server Why Activity Monitor May Be Hurting Your SQL Server's Performance As Joey explains, Activity Monitor consumes a lot of resources and yields little usable data.

SQL Server is a robust and mature product and the number of features available to database administrators and developers continues to mount. Do not let fear of upgrading – to a new version or to a new ...