{"id":491,"date":"2012-05-01T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/Spring-cleaning-health-check-special-offer-in-May.aspx"},"modified":"2017-04-13T11:41:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:41:17","slug":"spring-cleaning-health-check-special-offer-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/spring-cleaning-health-check-special-offer-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring cleaning health check special offer in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Spring takes&nbsp;a while to get going in the Pacific Northwest but spring is definitely in the air now that it&#39;s May &#8211; and spring means spring cleaning! <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">It&#39;s been about 18 months since we last ran a special pricing offer so I&#39;ve decided to offer one through the month of May for new customers: a 6-hour SQL Server health check for US$1300 (a 1\/3 price saving).<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The US$1300 special offer is for a 6-hour health check of a single SQL Server instance (SQL Server 2005 or higher) and you can be anywhere in the world.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">For a typical SQL Server Health Check we ask you to download a customized SQLDiag package to run from an FTP site we provide to you. The scripts gather information on more than 100 areas&nbsp;such as:<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Wait statistics<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">IO statistics<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Memory configuration<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Buffer pool usage<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Server configuration<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Databases configuration<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Backup information<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Information from the query plan cache<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">We also provide you with a questionnaire which asks about your maintenance practices and I\/O subsystem configuration.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe collection utility, SQLDiag, ships with SQL Server and is a tool that Microsoft Product Support uses to run data-collecting scripts. Our scripts should take only a few minutes to run and will output several text files to a SQLDiagOutput directory where you unzipped the package to. You can see what data we&#39;re collecting as everything is output as plain text. We then ask you to upload the completed questionnaire and output files to the same FTP site.&nbsp; Once we have the data we will review all of the information and generate the report for your environment.&nbsp; For regular health checks we can also add in data gathering questionnaires\/SQLDiag packages&nbsp;regarding virtualization, clustering, your HA\/DR strategy, and indexing configuration if desired, but the special offer doesn&#39;t cover time for those.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe majority of clients on our <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/past-clients\/\" target=\"_blank\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Past Clients page<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> have gone through this process with one or more servers &#8211; so we have plenty of references available, including US government if required.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Typically we like to start out performance tuning engagements with an initial health check of the environment, which provides a comprehensive review of the configuration of the server to isolate any problems that exist in the environment.&nbsp; This has proven to provide most clients with the best return on their investment time-wise since we methodically review over 100 different items that are important for SQL Server performance and availability.&nbsp; Based on the outcome of the health check, we provide you with a detailed report of the problem areas that includes supporting links to blog posts and articles that we and others have&nbsp;written that provide details about how you can fix the problems.&nbsp; Alternatively, we can also assist you with remediation of the identified problems on a WebEx&nbsp;session &#8211; most customers do the latter or opt for our <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/services\/sql-server-remote-dba\/\" target=\"_blank\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">Remote DBA service<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> to provide ongoing support.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">All you have to do is <\/font><a href=\"mailto:paul@sqlskills.com?subject=Spring cleaning health check offer\" target=\"_blank\"><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">send me an email<\/font><\/a><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\"> before June to qualify for the special rate and we can get started.<\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">We look forward to hearing from you, and to helping your SQL Servers get healthy!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring takes&nbsp;a while to get going in the Pacific Northwest but spring is definitely in the air now that it&#39;s May &#8211; and spring means spring cleaning! 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