DP-203 Practice Question: Secure, monitor, and optimize data storage and data processing
You need to monitor the performance of your Azure Synapse Analytics dedicated SQL pool. Which metric should you use to identify queued queries due to concurrency limits?
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Why each option matters
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Queued queries
'Queued queries' metric directly shows the number of queries waiting due to concurrency limits. Option B is wrong because DWU percentage shows resource usage, not queuing. Option C is wrong because active queries show running queries. Option D is wrong because memory percentage shows memory pressure.
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Queued queries
Why this is correct
This metric directly shows queries waiting for concurrency slots.
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DWU percentage
Why it's wrong here
DWU percentage indicates resource utilization, not queuing.
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Active queries
Why it's wrong here
Active queries are currently running, not queued.
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Memory percentage
Why it's wrong here
Memory percentage shows memory usage, not queuing.
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