Learn how to start and use Database Engine Tuning Advisor in SQL Server to create workloads, tune databases, and create XML input files. A user that has system administrator permissions must perform ...

Database Engine Tuning Advisor enables you to tune databases, manage tuning sessions, and view tuning recommendations. Users with advanced knowledge of physical design structures can use this tool to ...

In-Depth. Tour de SQL Part III: Performance Tuning. SQL Server 2005 gives you new tools to help your database performance stay ahead of the pack. By Eric Johnson; 06/01/2006 ...

Query outcomes are now improved after the Database Tuning Advisor references the "indexed Spatial Data Type column." SQL Server 2008 SP3 can be downloaded here for 32-bit or 64-bit hardware.

This can't be right, I ran it against a trace I captured (tuning profile) and while it said:TITLE: DTAEngine-----44% of consumed ...