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Archives: September 2011
September 2011 SQL Server 2008 Instance Level Diagnostic Queries
Since it is late September, I thought it would be a good time to release an updated set of Diagnostic queries that focus completely on SQL Server instance level metrics. These queries go a little deeper into the Instance level metrics than the combined Diagnostic Information Queries.
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Posted in Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance on 27 September 2011
SQL Server MVP Deep Dives, Volume 2 Available at PASS 2011 Summit
Volume 2 of the SQL Server MVP Deep Dives book is now available for pre-order from Amazon and from Manning. This book has all new content, rather than just an update or refresh of Volume 1. Just like the first volume, all author royalties are being donated to a… Read more
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Posted in Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance on 24 September 2011
September 2011 SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Queries
Its been a couple of months since I have released an updated version of my SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries, so I thought it was about time for a new version.
The first half of this set of queries is focused on the hardware and SQL Server Instance,… Read more
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Posted in Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance on 21 September 2011
Microsoft Releases Two Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008
Sticking to their eight week release cycle, Microsoft has released two different Cumulative Updates (CU) for SQL Server 2008. The first update is SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU16, which is Build 10.00.2850. This CU has seven fixes by my count. The second Cumulative Update is SQL Server 2008 SP… Read more
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Posted in Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance on 20 September 2011
Slides For My 24 Hours of PASS Session
The slide deck for my session Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Hardware is available here. There are still twelve more sessions in 24HOP coming up on September 8.
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Posted in Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance on 7 September 2011
24 Hours of PASS on September 7
Just in case you forgot, I wanted to remind everyone that the free, 24 Hours of PASS online event starts tomorrow at 12:00 GMT.
My session is Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Hardware starts at 22:00 GMT, and the abstract is below:
Making the right hardware decisions is extremely…
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Posted in Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance on 6 September 2011
OT: Rant About Mail-in Rebates For Computer Hardware
As you may know from reading my blog, I buy quite a bit of computer hardware components from places like Micro Center. It is fairly common for items like memory or motherboards to have a mail-in rebate (MIR) offer from the manufacturer. The idea with a MIR is to stimulate…
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Posted in Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance on 4 September 2011
Geekbench 2.2 Released
Primate Labs has released Geekbench 2.2.0, which is a free upgrade for Geekbench 2.1.x users. The release notes are here.
Here are the results for my little Toshiba Portege R835, (which has more CPU horsepower than the $25,000 Dell PowerEdge 6800 that used to power the RSS platform… Read more
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Posted in Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance on 1 September 2011