Why Won't PostgreSQL Use My Covering Index?
Dear Postgres, Why won’t you use my covering index?
Lately I’ve been learning to tune queries running against PostgreSQL, and it’s …
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Perfmon counters are great for measuring workload, but choosing which counter to baseline can be confusing.
Watch a quick 5 minute demo showing that the SQL Statistics\Batch Requests/sec counter sees more of your workload than the Databases(_Total)\Transactions/sec counter does.
Check out my YouTube playlist of perfmon tips here.
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