Applications that use Entity Framework often contain dozens of projects and simply have too many moving parts for any effective database monitoring approach. SQL database operations are especially prone to poor visibility and underperformance when the database layer is neglected by the developers. Refining your approach to database performance tuning calls for a specialized profiler that should not just litter the report with a pile of queries, but, rather, organize the data and make it intelligible.
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