Every query has a breaking point. Run it for one user and it looks instant. Run it for fiftyusers at the same time and you might discover blocking, memory grant waits, or a CPU curvethat bends the wrong way. The trouble is, most teams find their query’s breaking point byaccident, in production, during the one week they could least afford it. Query Loading Ramp, included free with Database Health Monitor, has a feature builtspecifically to answer this question on purpose, …

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