Infographic: 5 Commonly Overlooked SQL Server Settings
When we examine SQL Servers as part of our SEROShield SQL Server Health Check, we find five commonly overlooked SQL Server settings that can put performance, reliability, and even data at risk.
Why are SQL Servers often misconfigured?
SQL Server is robust. Microsoft has put a lot of effort into creating a database platform that works well even when not configured optimally.
Unfortunately, SQL Server’s robustness and its dependability is sometimes taken for granted. In larger organizations with hundreds of SQL instances, the DBA team often doesn’t have the time or tools to get to know each instance. They sometimes have to manage by exception, tackling problems as they arise.
In smaller companies without the need or budget for a full-time DBA, another IT professional is tasked with SQL Server duties. They split time between their primary job and managing the SQL Server.
In Why 9 Out of 10 SQL Servers Aren’t Configured with Best Practices, we share 5 reasons why many SQL Servers aren’t configured with industry best practices. Here’s a summary. I encourage you to go read the full post.
- SQL Server is so easy to setup
- SQL Server just works
- Introducing the Accidental DBA
- Duct-taping with hardware
- Everyone has their own standards
A free infographic: SQL Server settings commonly overlooked
We work with SQL Servers of all shapes and sizes. Some have high transactional volumes while others are used only for reporting purposes. Some measure their storage requirements in TB while others are a faction of that size. They are in the cloud, in colocation data centers, and in the server room.
We support SQL Servers used in healthcare, legal, banking, government, import/export, construction, manufacturing, and retail distribution.
We’ve found that there are five commonly overlooked issues that can cause performance or reliability issues for the SQL Server. Here they are in a short infographic.
Fortunately, these are not difficult to resolve.
If you’d like more detail about each of these, download our 5 Risks to SQL Security & SQL Server Performance | Download | SERO (theserogroup.com) pdf.
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