The schedule is out! Here’s where we’re cruising next year:
Me Presenting on SQL Cruise
SQL Cruise Miami 2012 departs from Miami, FL on Saturday, January 28th on the Norwegian Epic. We spend two days at sea training, then spend all day Tuesday in beautiful St. Marten. On Wednesday we hang out in St. Thomas just a ferry ride away from my favorite island on the planet, St. John. Thursday we get our learn on again, and then Friday we spend an afternoon in the Bahamas before arriving back home on Saturday.
SQL Cruise Alaska 2012 leaves Seattle on Saturday, May 26th on the Norwegian Jewel. When we’re not learning at sea, we’re spending entire days in Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skagway, plus an evening in Victoria before returning to Seattle a week later. You’ll come back home rested and ready to tackle old problems with new techniques.
Me, Doug Lane, and Tim Ford on SQLCruise Alaska 2011
My Sessions on SQL Cruise 2012
Scaling SQL with Solid State – SSD prices are coming down and adoption is going up. My clients have used them to solve all kinds of performance problems, and we’ve found some surprising results. In this session, I’ll explain the internals of these fast drives and show the pros and cons of the various connection methods (SATA, PCI Express, SAN). Then we’ll switch over to the SQL Server world to see how to tell when and where you need SSDs. You’ll even get real-world before-and-after metrics to help make the case to management.
Procedure Cache BI – SQL Server stores tons of data about SQL statements and execution plans in memory, but unfortunately a lot of it is hard-to-query XML. I’ve got the fix: we’ll treat it like a BI project. We’ll build an ETL process to get the data out, normalize it into a reporting structure, and then make smart tuning decisions based on the aggregated findings. You’ll step off the boat armed with ready-to-go scripts to do consultant-style analysis right away.
SAN Features for Senior DBAs – SAN snapshots and SAN replication can be the DBA’s best friend. They bring one-click disaster recovery options to antiquated SQL Server 2000 instances, and one-minute backup options to even the largest data warehouses. In this session, we’ll cover how my clients have saved time, money, and manpower with these features. We’ll briefly dig into the “how” using NetApp as an example SAN, and then cover the SQL Server management techniques that work regardless of the SAN vendor.
There’s more sessions from other presenters including:
- Making You Look Smarter One DMO at a Time – Tim Ford (Miami & Alaska)
- The Lazy DBA – Tim Ford (Miami & Alaska)
- SQL Server in Amazon’s Cloud – Jeremiah Peschka (Alaska)
- SQL Server Internals – Jeremiah Peschka (Alaska)
- Faking Big Data – Kendra Little (Alaska)
- Everyone Wants a Piece of This – Kendra Little (Alaska)
On SQL Cruise Alaska, I might never get off the boat, though, because Jeremiah, Kendra, and John & Yanni Robel teamed up with me to get the Garden Villa room. Here’s a video tour:
That’s the perfect place for SQLCruisers to gather when we’re not in class. SQL Cruise isn’t just about the classroom training: it’s about access to some of the brightest minds in the SQL community. You get the ability to network with MCMs, MVPs, and SQL Server professionals in a relaxed, no-holds-barred environment where no question is off limits. Bring your technical challenges and your career challenges.
Come join us – check out SQL Cruise and register today.
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