Episode 87
| March 15, 2017
| 50 minutes
Resource Governor
Why do some features get all the fun? I would like to be a fly on the wall at some of the Microsoft feature development meetings. There are many very cool features that didn’t get quite enough love to get the adoption they deserve. In this episode we are talking about Resource Governor and before you roll your eyes, you may be interested to know some of the side benefits of using the feature. We are joined by Mark Wilkinson from channeladvisor to give us an overview of the feature and how they use it to manage SQL resources and workloads.
One interesting story is how their team won the query challenge last PASS Summit using Resource Governor so it is pretty powerful. Mark will also share his experiences using Resource Governor in different working environments. He will also be discussing the basics and tips about building the classifier function of Resource Governor. Furthermore, we will go through setting up I/O caps, resource pools and workloads, and the NUMA node affinity.
Episode Quotes
“I mean, It’s just a really cool tool to use”
“Say what you mean and always ask for exactly what you want”
“Always make sure people know how you feel about stuff and always be honest and straightforward”
Listen to Learn
– Managing SQL Resources using Resource Governor
– Resource Governor Classifier function
– NUMA node affinity
– Setting up minimum and maximum limits using Resource Governor
– Resource pools and workload groups
– DMVs and I/O operations
Our Guest
Mark Wilkinson
Mark is a Database Administrator at ChannelAdvisor solving interesting problems on large databases.
He is a father of 4, and lives in Raleigh North Carolina. In his spare time he likes to read, speak, and learn new things.
Meet the Hosts
Carlos Chacon
With more than 10 years of working with SQL Server, Carlos helps businesses ensure their SQL Server environments meet their users’ expectations. He can provide insights on performance, migrations, and disaster recovery. He is also active in the SQL Server community and regularly speaks at user group meetings and conferences. He helps support the free database monitoring tool found at databasehealth.com and provides training through SQL Trail events.
Eugene Meidinger
Eugene works as an independent BI consultant and Pluralsight author, specializing in Power BI and the Azure Data Platform. He has been working with data for over 8 years and speaks regularly at user groups and conferences. He also helps run the GroupBy online conference.
Kevin Feasel
Kevin is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and proprietor of Catallaxy Services, LLC, where he specializes in T-SQL development, machine learning, and pulling rabbits out of hats on demand. He is the lead contributor to Curated SQL, president of the Triangle Area SQL Server Users Group, and author of the books PolyBase Revealed (Apress, 2020) and Finding Ghosts in Your Data: Anomaly Detection Techniques with Examples in Python (Apress, 2022). A resident of Durham, North Carolina, he can be found cycling the trails along the triangle whenever the weather's nice enough.
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