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Analyses de performance SQL Server, études de cas réelles et conseils pratiques pour les DBA.

Opinion7 min read

Nobody Teaches You How to Run SQL Server in Production

You can mass-produce developers who know SELECT and JOIN. But the gap between writing queries and keeping a production SQL Server healthy is enormous — and almost nobody talks about it.

Evan Barke
Product6 min read

We Built a Free SQL Server Knowledge Base (256 Articles and Counting)

Wait types, DMVs, error codes, and troubleshooting guides — all with diagnostic queries you can copy and run. Here's why we made it and what's in it.

Evan Barke
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Technical9 min read

Your Indexes Are Lying to You: What Missing Index DMVs Won't Tell You

Every DBA checks sys.dm_db_missing_index_details. But blindly following its recommendations can make your performance worse, not better.

Evan Barke
Opinion10 min read

The SQL Server Defaults That Still Ship Wrong in 2026

SQL Server has been around for 30 years. Some of its default settings have been wrong for most of that time. Here are the ones that still bite people.

Evan Barke
Opinion8 min read

What Happens When You Let AI Review Your SQL Server (A DBA's Honest Take)

I've been a DBA for 15 years. I recently let an AI analyse my own production servers. Here's what it got right, what it got wrong, and what surprised me.

Evan Barke
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Case Study6 min read

We Analysed a Production SQL Server and Found 27 Issues in 60 Seconds

Last week we pointed AutoDBA at a real production SQL Server. 16 CPUs, 127GB RAM, Developer Edition 2022. Here is what happened.

Evan Barke
Technical8 min read

The 5 Most Common SQL Server Misconfigurations (and How to Fix Them)

After scanning hundreds of SQL Server instances, these same 5 issues keep showing up. Most of them take less than a minute to fix.

Evan Barke
Opinion5 min read

Why Your DBA is Spending 80% of Their Time on Things AI Can Do

Most DBA work is pattern matching against known best practices. That's exactly what AI is good at. Here's what should change.

Evan Barke
Technical10 min read

The Hidden Cost of Parameter Sniffing (And Why OPTION (RECOMPILE) Is Not the Answer)

Parameter sniffing gets blamed for half the performance problems in SQL Server. The usual fix is OPTION (RECOMPILE). But that fix has a cost most people never measure.

Evan Barke
Opinion11 min read

I Stopped Rebuilding Indexes Every Sunday Night (Here's What Happened)

Every SQL Server shop has the sacred Sunday night index rebuild job. I turned mine off. The results might change how you think about index maintenance.

Evan Barke
Technical12 min read

The Wait Stats Everyone Ignores (And the Ones That Get Too Much Attention)

Every DBA checks wait stats. Most of us focus on the wrong ones. Here's which waits actually tell you something useful and which are noise.

Evan Barke

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