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Managing ‘Noisy Neighbors’ in SQL Server

MANAGING ‘NOISY NEIGHBORS’ IN SQL SERVER

If you’ve been managing databases for any length of time, you’ve probably had to contend with the “noisy neighbors” scenario. In this scenario, you have several applications, each with their own database residing on a single instance of SQL Server, which don’t share the resources of the server nicely. To deal with this issue, you might want to investigate Resource Governor as an alternative.

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Originally Posted June 09, 2015

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Kevin (@kekline) serves as Principal Program Manager at SentryOne. He is a founder and former president of PASS and the author of popular IT books like SQL in a Nutshell.

Kevin is a renowned database expert, software industry veteran, Microsoft SQL Server MVP, and long-time blogger at SentryOne. As a noted leader in the SQL Server community, Kevin blogs about Microsoft Data Platform features and best practices, SQL Server trends, and professional development for data professionals.

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