Review bad indexes


 -- Review bad indexes


--Possible Bad NC Indexes (writes > reads)  


 -- Taking into connsideration the complete workload, and how long your instance has been running


 -- Advice not to drop or disable  indexes unless the is 100% certainty that it is no loger substantially benefitial


   SELECT OBJECT_NAME(s.[object_id]) AS [Table Name], i.name AS [Index Name], i.index_id, 


   is_disabled, i.is_hypothetical, i.has_filter, i.fill_factor,


   user_updates AS [Total Writes], user_seeks + user_scans + user_lookups AS [Total Reads],


   user_updates - (user_seeks + user_scans + user_lookups) AS [Difference]


   FROM sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats AS s WITH (NOLOCK)


   INNER JOIN sys.indexes AS i WITH (NOLOCK)


   ON s.[object_id] = i.[object_id]


   AND i.index_id = s.index_id


  WHERE OBJECTPROPERTY(s.[object_id],'IsUserTable') = 1


  AND s.database_id = DB_ID()


  AND user_updates > (user_seeks + user_scans + user_lookups)


  AND i.index_id > 1


  ORDER BY [Difference] DESC, [Total Writes] DESC, [Total Reads] ASC OPTION (RECOMPILE);


 


 

Improve the index design-- Review missing indexes


--  Review missing indexes


--Missing Index Query


SELECT TOP 25 dm_mid.database_id AS DatabaseID, dm_migs.avg_user_impact*(dm_migs.user_seeks+dm_migs.user_scans) Avg_Estimated_Impact, dm_migs.last_user_seek AS Last_User_Seek, OBJECT_NAME(dm_mid.OBJECT_ID,dm_mid.database_id) AS [TableName], 'CREATE INDEX [IX_' + OBJECT_NAME(dm_mid.OBJECT_ID,dm_mid.database_id) + '_' + REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(ISNULL(dm_mid.equality_columns,''),', ','_'),'[',''),']','') + CASE WHEN dm_mid.equality_columns IS NOT NULL AND dm_mid.inequality_columns IS NOT NULL THEN '_' ELSE '' END + REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(ISNULL(dm_mid.inequality_columns,''),', ','_'),'[',''),']','') + ']' + ' ON ' + dm_mid.statement + ' (' + ISNULL (dm_mid.equality_columns,'') + CASE WHEN dm_mid.equality_columns IS NOT NULL AND dm_mid.inequality_columns IS NOT NULL THEN ',' ELSE '' END + ISNULL (dm_mid.inequality_columns, '') + ')' + ISNULL (' INCLUDE (' + dm_mid.included_columns + ')', '') AS Create_Statement FROM sys.dm_db_missing_index_groups dm_mig INNER JOIN sys.dm_db_missing_index_group_stats dm_migs ON dm_migs.group_handle = dm_mig.index_group_handle INNER JOIN sys.dm_db_missing_index_details dm_mid ON dm_mig.index_handle = dm_mid.index_handle WHERE dm_mid.database_ID = DB_ID() ORDER BY Avg_Estimated_Impact DESC

Tune inefficient queries in SQL Server

 --Tune inefficient queries in SQL Server

SELECT TOP 50
[Avg. MultiCore/CPU time(sec)] = qs.total_worker_time / 1000000 / qs.execution_count,
[Total MultiCore/CPU time(sec)] = qs.total_worker_time / 1000000,
[Avg. Elapsed Time(sec)] = qs.total_elapsed_time / 1000000 / qs.execution_count,
[Total Elapsed Time(sec)] = qs.total_elapsed_time / 1000000,
qs.execution_count,
[Avg. I/O] = (total_logical_reads + total_logical_writes) / qs.execution_count,
[Total I/O] = total_logical_reads + total_logical_writes,
Query = SUBSTRING(qt.[text], (qs.statement_start_offset / 2) + 1,
(
(
CASE qs.statement_end_offset
WHEN -1 THEN DATALENGTH(qt.[text])
ELSE qs.statement_end_offset
END - qs.statement_start_offset
) / 2
) + 1
),
Batch = qt.[text],
[DB] = DB_NAME(qt.[dbid]),
qs.last_execution_time,
qp.query_plan
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats AS qs
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(qs.[sql_handle]) AS qt
CROSS APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan(qs.plan_handle) AS qp
where qs.execution_count > 5 --more than 5 occurences
ORDER BY [Total MultiCore/CPU time(sec)] DESC