On an unbelievably calm sea day off the shores of Canada, aboard the Norwegian Jewel, I enjoyed a nice cup of completely alcohol-free coffee (as far as you know) and took your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento.
Here’s what we covered:
- 00:00 Start
- 01:20 NotCloseEnoughToRetirementToStopLearning: Inherited a server with dozen trace flags on but no documentation or tribal knowledge as to why. Is this a problem I should be trying to solving? If so, how do you suggest starting?
- 02:50 Daniel Izzaldin: Hi Brent, what are your thoughts on copilot for azure sql database? Could this be threat to dbas?
- 03:56 MyTeaGotCold: On Standard Edition, should I just give up on columnstore? The limitations on batch mode appear extreme.
- 05:03 Vineesh: Does Azure SQL VM experience transition over easily to AWS?
- 05:48 Venkat: Do you ever see network bottleneck on SQL Servers using Windows Storage Spaces Direct for SQL storage? How do you detect and treat this issue?
- 06:51 Pradeep: Which certifications do you recommend for new SQL Server VM contractors?
- 07:26 The Indexer: Hey Brent, I’m drowning in a sea of Buffer Latch Type 2 errors on “source” while loading our ODS with data from a SQL replication environment. I’ve thrown all query optimization lifeboats at the problem, but these errors keep sinking my ship. Any secret rescue plans to share?
- 09:23 Chris Rose: I’m trying to run this guy in a warehouse type environment – lots of ETL jobs, Power BI reports, etc. It keeps getting blocked so I cancelled after 20 minutes. Do people typically use this tool in a warehouse type environment, and can anything be done to make this go?
- 09:52 Franks Burns: What’s the PostgreSQL equivalent to Microsoft MVP? Will you be seeking it?
- 10:32 Justin: Besides price, is PostgreSQL miles ahead of SQL Server?
- 11:18 My name is Luca: What are the best and worst use cases of SQL file groups you see at clients?
- 13:10 Dopinder: Does storage block size optimization matter any more in the world of Azure SQL VM and NVME storage?
- 13:44 Einar: What are the top issues you see when migrating from Log Shipping to Always On?
- 14:35 Petra: What is the best way to to monitor a given SQL agent job so that if it is not running, notifications are sent out? Important business logic job for big customer.
And here were those Aurora Borealis photos that I mentioned in the video.