Performance Studio: A Cross-Platform SQL Server Execution Plan Analyzer
You have a slow query. You pull the execution plan in SSMS. You stare at the arrows. Some are thick, some are thin. There's a yellow triangle somewhere. You're pretty sure the problem is "in there," but translating a ShowPlan…
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Performance Monitor: Free SQL Server Monitoring That Doesn’t Phone Home
I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about tools. Some of them are good. Some of them are overhyped on LinkedIn. This one is neither overhyped nor underpowered. It's the real deal. Performance Monitor is a free,…
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What's new ProtectSession (1.0) First public release of a per-session blocking watchdog. You run it from a separate connection, point it at a session_id you care about, and it KILLs anyone blocking...
You have a slow query. You pull the execution plan in SSMS. You stare at the arrows. Some are thick, some are thin. There's a yellow triangle somewhere. You're pretty sure the problem is "in there," but translating a ShowPlan XML tree into actionable tuning advice requires experience that takes years to build. Performance Studio is a free, open-source execution plan analyzer built by…
I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about tools. Some of them are good. Some of them are overhyped on LinkedIn. This one is neither overhyped nor underpowered. It's the real deal. Performance Monitor is a free, open-source SQL Server monitoring tool built by Erik Darling of Darling Data. MIT-licensed. No telemetry. No cloud dependency. Your data stays on your server and your machine.
