If you write code that accesses a database one terabyte or larger, you need to know that things are different around here. When you hit the very large database (VLDB) territory, you need to pay particular attention to statistics, TempDB, and staging tables. Microsoft Certified Master Brent Ozar will share his favorite lessons for developers who work with either OLTP or data warehouses in this 25-minute webcast:
The links discussed in the webcast include:
SQL Server 2012 Query Performance Tuning by Grant Fritchey – we talked about the statistics analysis chapter as an example of what matters much more in the terabyte territory.
SQL Server 2012 Internals and Troubleshooting – the storage chapter helps you pick the right storage for your TempDB, which matters much more in VLDBs.
Download SQL Server 2012 Management Studio – free download for all Microsoft SQL Server users. I’d recommend using this even if you’re not using SQL Server 2012 on the back end – it’s a better development environment. Bonus – check out Jes’s SSMS tips and tricks video.
...
Bored at work? We've got a wall of YouTube videos.