SQLServerCentral: Content tagged Hardware

The Great Laptop Search of 2013

It’s time for a new laptop. I don’t think it’s time, as I love the Macbook Air I bought a... Read more...

By Steve Jones 2013/04/05 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs

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Benchmark SQL Server Disk Latency

Typically, I am a big advocate of performance monitor but one place I commonly see performance monitor being misused is with benchmarking... Read more...

By jsterrett 2013/03/06 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs

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Windows 2012 for the DBA Setting Your Server to High Performance

Hello Dear Reader! I’ve been doing a lot of work with Windows Server 2012 lately. The interface is wildly different... Read more...

By SQLBalls 2013/02/27 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs

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Running SQLIO with Multiple Files

Not exactly groundbreaking information, but were you aware that you can run SQLIO with multiple files? Until a couple months... Read more...

By StrateSQL 2013/02/21 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs

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A New Type of Colocation Facility

Microsoft is working on their generation 4 data centers, which might be a great idea for companies if they can implement a private cloud. Read more...

By Steve Jones 2013/01/31 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Free eBook: SQL Server Hardware

A free eBook from SQLServerCentral and Red Gate software can help you learn about the best hardware for your SQL Server instances. Read more...

By Press Release 2012/11/06 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: books

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The Dream Machine

This Friday Steve Jones has a fun poll. If your new boss told you to spec out a machine, what would you choose? Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/09/07 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Provisioning a New SQL Server Instance – Part Two

So how should you install and configure SQL Server 2012 properly? Glenn Berry completes his two-part series by explaining the steps needed to complete the preparation and do the actual installation. Read more...

By Additional Articles 2012/08/23 | Source: SimpleTalk | Category: hardware

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Provisioning a New SQL Server Instance

Before you even install SQL Server, there a number of preparatory steps you need to take in order to get a new machine with a fresh copy of the operating system completely ready to install SQL Server properly. This is to maximize performance, reliability, and security. Read more...

By Additional Articles 2012/07/16 | Source: SimpleTalk | Category: hardware

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Fix Failures Fast

A new study from Microsoft Research looks at failures in PCs. Steve Jones thinks there are a few things worth talking about for DBAs. Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/07/03 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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A Tale of Four Laptops

With the release of the 22nm Ivy Bridge microarchitecture less than three weeks away, at the end of April 2012,... Read more...

By 2012/04/13 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs

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Solid State Disks and SQL Server

An interesting result from a recent test of SSDs in SQL Server by Wes Brown. A surprising discovery is important for anyone thinking about using SSDs to know. Read more...

By Wesley Brown 2012/03/09 (first published: 2010/04/08) | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: ssd

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BYOD

In the future we may be required to bring our own devices to work. Does that make sense? Would you want to get an allowance and purchase your own laptop? Read more...

By Steve Jones 2012/01/18 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Does It Help

This editorial was originally published on Oct 12, 2006, published today as Steve is out today at the PASS Summit. Today Steve talks about the productivity that comes from having multiple monitors. Read more...

By Steve Jones 2011/10/14 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: editorial

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Fundamentals of Storage Systems, IO Latency and SQL Server

A Thousand Men Marching Still Only March As Fast As One Man. la·ten·cy - Computers . the time required to locate the first bit or character in a storage location, expressed as access timeminus word time. Often when talking to people... Read more...

By Wesley Brown 2011/03/01 | Source: SQLServerCentral.com | Category: blogs

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