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How to Prove It’s a SAN Problem Webcast Video
Years ago, when I was frustrated with my SQL Server’s performance, the SAN admin kept saying it was a SQL Server problem. When the SAN admin quit, I took his job – and discovered the ugly truth. In the...
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Indexing for Deletes
If you’re only indexing to make reads faster, you need to think again. Indexes can make every operation in the database faster, even deletes. The Problem: Deletes are Very Slow I was lazily researching...
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How Do You Mask Data for Secure Testing?
Data masking, data scrambling, and just plain old obfuscation: these are ways to get developers access to production-quality data for testing purposes without actually giving them real production data....
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Automated Tiered Storage for Databases
Database administrators want just one kind of storage: fast. Companies want just one kind of storage: cheap. Since fast storage isn’t cheap, and we can’t put everything on slow storage either, we end...
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Does This Transaction Log Make My Database Look Fat?
Face it; your database doesn’t get much exercise. It spends its day sitting on the same old server in the same old rack eating garbage all day long. Sure once in a while it may go for a spin, but SSDs...
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SQL Server in EC2
The cloud is robust and reliable. The cloud solves all of our scaling needs. The cloud makes my poop smell like roses. While all of these statements are theoretically true it takes some effort to make...
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Configuring SQL Server in Amazon EC2: Training Video
Sure, the cloud is a cheap and easy way to spin up more servers and spin up more servers faster, but what do you do when performance problems hit? There’s no SAN team to blame and no infrastructure...
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A Sysadmin’s Guide to Microsoft SQL Server Memory
Database servers suck, don’t they? Don’t you just hate dealing with these damn things? They’re totally different than any other server in the shop, making a mockery of any CPU, memory, and storage...
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6 Blog Projects to Improve Your Writing
You’re stuck in a rut. You’ve been writing the same thing for the same way for months. Dated is also a style. You’ve deluded yourself into thinking you’ve built up a style that works for you, but...
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Kendra Little Explains How to Design Smarter Indexes
How do you know which indexes to create to improve your database performance? Microsoft Certified Master Kendra Little shows you how to find a missing index, decide on the best index definition, and...
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DotNetRocks Podcast
What’s a post about the DotNetRocks podcast doing over here? Turns out that I recorded a podcast! You can check it out on September 27th (that’s in just a few days). So what the devil did I talk about?...
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A Different World: Three Use Cases For Riak
Writing and deploying an application is pretty easy, there’s a process to follow that will get you most of the way there. The tricky part is getting the business logic down. But this isn’t about...
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How to Plan a SQL Server Virtualization Project (Video)
When you need to reduce the number of database servers, the worst thing to do is just pile ‘em all onto one and hope it goes well. A successful virtualization or consolidation project involves a...
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SQL Cruise 2012 Registrations Open
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...
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PASS Summit Tips and Tricks
Wanna learn where to go after hours? What to take with you during the day? What to say to presenters? It’s all here in this week’s Technology Triage Tuesday webcast: ...Free webcasts coming up:...
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Guessing the SQL Server Denali Release Date
In July, I started a contest for readers to guess the SQL Server Denali release date. People can leave a comment with their best guess, and the closest guess wins a USB-powered 7″ monitor. Denali...
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Free Guidebook App for #SQLPASS Summit
Want a complete session schedule, conference center maps, feedback forms, and more all on your phone? There’s an app for that. Go to Guidebook and download the app for your iPhone, Windows Phone 7,...
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Liveblog for #SQLPASS 2011 Day 1 Keynote
Welcome to the big show! I’ll be liveblogging today’s keynote at the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit in Seattle. If you’d like to check out some of the photos I’ve taken so far, check...
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Announcing sp_Blitz: Automated SQL Server Takeovers #sqlpass
I’m presenting right now at the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit in Seattle, and I’m just about to show my attendees the latest incarnation of my Blitz script. In the past, my manual...
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PASS Summit 2011 Day 2 Keynote Liveblog #sqlpass
Time for another keynote liveblog. Let’s get started. It’s #SQLKilt day! Bill Griaziano is kicking things off in a kilt: Bill Graziano Supporting #SQLKilt Day 8:19am – Bill introducing Tim Radney and...
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