Turning Hours into Minutes: How We Solved a SQL Server Indexing Nightmare
by Michal Kovaľ on 16/04/2026
In the world of database administration, index maintenance is a necessary evil. Done right, it keeps your queries snappy; done wrong, it becomes a resource-hungry monster that eats your maintenance window alive.
Earlier this month we attended SQL Konferenz 2026, held at Congress Park Hanau, just outside Frankfurt. The venue is large and perfectly suited for conferences, which the name itself already suggests.
The Symmetry of Performance: Solving CPU Wait Spikes by Disabling Soft-NUMA
by Michal Kovaľ on 17/02/2026
In high-performance SQL Server environments, how you "slice" your CPU resources is just as important as how many cores you have. We recently tackled a case where a customer was plagued by high SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD and CXPACKET waits.