With the introduction of SQL Server 2014, this counter works via Perfmon but within SQL Server the collection just seems 'off' and will not report actual performance values. So, switch the counter to HammerDB falls into this category!

OR (The Importance of Workload Testing When Upgrading to SQL Server 2014) Improving HammerDB Performance with the New 2014 Cardinality Estimator Part 1: HammerDB and the New SQL Server 2014 Cardinality Estimator Part 2: Use the Query Store In SQL Server 2016 To Improve HammerDB Performance With SQL Server 2014 comes a brand spankin' new SQL 2016 low TPM with HammerDB-Test. Ask Question 3. 1. By testing the drives separately we have seen, the SQL-Server is not using the full throughout for the Database-Drive (We have got a throughout with IOMeter of 1.2 GB/s). First, create a HammerDb SQL Login on destination SQL Server instance, which has access to all objects in SSMAUsr schema so as ssma_oracle schema. For simplicity, you can add the database user mapped with HammerDb login as a member of the db_owner database role. So you just built a brand new SQL Server, and before you go live, you wanna check to see if it's going to perform as well as your existing server. Using HammerDB to compare two of your production servers is like comparing a Porsche 911 and a Chevy Corvette by measuring how many live babies HammerDB supports major databases including SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, DB2, PostgresSQL, MariaDB, Redis, and Trafodion. Here is a list of quick start tutorials. Oracle Quick Start Once the SQL Server test VM is ready, the HammerDB launches off the HammerDB CLI with an autopilot run with 3, 5, 8, 13, 55, 89, 144, 233 virtual users. Each test sequence takes 10 mins with a 2-minute ramp-up time and 3 minutes of executing time. HammerDB Performance Collection with SQL Server. kleegeek; a PowerShell script that can sample the counter inside SQL Server that one of my favorite database benchmarking utilities, HammerDB, The go