Performance Monitor tool in SQL Server represents aspects of system performance, such as CPU Usage % , Memory Paging etc. The sys.dm_os_performance_counters Dynamic Management View exposes data of all performance counters for the particular instance of SQL Server. This view is extremely useful when you have to present the performance data of your database in your dashboard.
We have touched upon the usefulness of the
sys.dm_os_performance_counters in my previous post Removing Deprecated Code and Future Proofing your Queries. In this post, we will see another use of the sys.dm_os_performance_counters view to measure SQL transactions per second for a database. Here’s a very handy query written by Joe Stefanelli
DECLARE @ctr bigint
SELECT @ctr = ctr
FROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters
WHERE counter_name = 'transactions/sec'
AND object_name = 'SQLServer:Databases'
AND instance_name = 'SomeDBName'
FROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters
WHERE counter_name = 'transactions/sec'
AND object_name = 'SQLServer:Databases'
AND instance_name = 'SomeDBName'
WAITFOR DELAY '00:00:01'
SELECT ctr - @ctr
FROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters
WHERE counter_name = 'transactions/sec'
AND object_name = 'SQLServer:Databases'
AND instance_name = 'SomeDBName'
FROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters
WHERE counter_name = 'transactions/sec'
AND object_name = 'SQLServer:Databases'
AND instance_name = 'SomeDBName'
As you can see, were taking the difference of two values for a delay of one second to get the number of transactions per second. In future posts, we will see some more queries using this useful DMV.
I'm a bit puzzled by this. As I understand it, you are getting the transactions per second from one database, waiting a second, and then and subtracting this from the transactions per second from another database. The MSDN description for the counter is 'Number of transactions started for the database per second.' so why would you need to calculate the difference in TPS between two different databases (or even the same one) after a second?
ReplyDeleteScript will not run. Get:
ReplyDeleteMsg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
Invalid column name 'ctr'.
Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 8
Invalid column name 'ctr'.
@Phrenetic Phil - When you say "per seconds" it refers to a cumulative value. Silly me, the databases are not two, that was a typo :p. Fixed!
ReplyDeleteAlso got the "Invalid column name 'ctr'." error. Is this what you mean to say?
ReplyDeleteDECLARE @dbname varchar(128); SET @dbname = 'DBAWeb4'
DECLARE @cntr_value bigint
SELECT @cntr_value = cntr_value
FROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters
WHERE counter_name = 'transactions/sec'
AND object_name = 'SQLServer:Databases'
AND instance_name = @dbname
WAITFOR DELAY '00:00:01'
SELECT cntr_value - @cntr_value
FROM sys.dm_os_performance_counters
WHERE counter_name = 'transactions/sec'
AND object_name = 'SQLServer:Databases'
AND instance_name = @dbname
Transactions Per second:
ReplyDeleteSELECT
datepart(year, utcdate) as yy,
datepart(month, utcdate) as mon,
datepart(day, utcdate) as dd,
datepart(hour, utcdate) as hh,
datepart(minute, utcdate) as mm,
datepart(second, utcdate) as ss,
count(*) AS TPS
FROM [YourDB].[dbo].[target_table] (nolock)
where utcdate >= '2014-01-27 18:00'
and utcdate < '2014-01-27 19:30'
group by
datepart(day, utcdate),
datepart(month, utcdate),
datepart(year, utcdate),
datepart(hour, utcdate),
datepart(minute, utcdate),
datepart(second, utcdate)
order by yy, mon, dd, hh, mm, ss DESC
HI, Need some info on transaction per second. What it actually means, Transaction occuring in sql in the given interval. What is the meaning of transaction here? Is it the number of threads on which CPU is working OR number of fragments created by Cores and doing parallel processing OR Count of rows which it is processing or Data blocks or sizes which is being processed or page reads per sec or JObs/triggers working at the back picture.
ReplyDeleteWhat all it considers in the TERM TRANSACTION. Can you please help me in this?