Controlling workloads and managing server resources using a tool is a definitive choice for every DBA. Resource Governor is a new technology introduced in SQL Server 2008 that enables the DBA to manage the SQL Server workload and resources by specifying the limits on resource consumption. To manage the multiple distinct workloads, the tool will allow DBAs to differentiate these workloads to define resource pools and allocate shared resources as they are requested. It's based on the specified limits such as minimum and maximum CPU task scheduling bandwidth and reserve memory.

Internally, SQL Server database engine manages the CPU and memory resources as pools, which are default and internal. The internal resource pool is restricted and cannot be modified, using the unrestricted resources for the exclusive usage of SQL Server processes. The default resource pool is reserved for connections to the server, which can be configured to eliminate...