Running SQL Server on Apple Silicon
Last week I purchased a shiny new MacBook Air with an M2 processor. After I got all the standard stuff up and running, I set out to learn how...
2023-01-11 (first published: 2023-01-02)
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Monitoring with the Pure Storage FlashArray OpenMetrics Exporter
This post introduces you to the Pure Storage FlashArray OpenMetrics Exporter. It shows you how to get started quickly using Docker Compose so you can monitor your Pure Storage...
2023-01-04 (first published: 2022-12-20)
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Pre-Conference Workshop and Sessions at PASS Summit
I’m pleased to announce that I will be presenting at this year’s PASS Summit. PASS Data Community Summit 2022 is the year’s largest gathering of data platform professionals in...
2022-10-16
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Setting up SQL Server 2022 s3 Object Storage Integration using MinIO with Docker Compose
In this blog post, I’ve implemented two example environments for using SQL Server 2022’s s3 object integration. One for backup and restore to s3 compatible object storage and the...
2022-08-29 (first published: 2022-08-13)
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Setting up MinIO for SQL Server 2022 s3 Object Storage Integration
Introduction In this post, I will walk you through how to set up MinIO, so you can use it to work with SQL Server 2022’s s3 object integrations. Working...
2022-07-01 (first published: 2022-06-10)
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Backing up to s3 Compatible Object Storage with SQL Server
Introducing S3 in SQL Server 2022 S3 compatible object storage integration is a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2022. There are two significant areas where SQL Server leverages...
2022-06-22 (first published: 2022-06-06)
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Seeding an Availability Group Replica from Snapshot
Background If you’ve been using Availability Groups, you’re familiar with the replica seeding (sometimes called initializing, preparing or data sychronization) process. Seeding is a size of operation-based data, copying...
2022-06-17 (first published: 2022-05-26)
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New Pluralsight Course – Deploying and Managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Networking
My new course “Deploying and Managing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Networking “ is now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check out the...
2022-05-31
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Updated Pluralsight Course – Maintaining, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Kubernetes
My updated course “Maintaining, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Kubernetes” is now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check out the trailer here, or if...
2022-05-18 (first published: 2022-05-09)
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Updated Pluralsight Course – Configuring and Managing Kubernetes Security
My updated course “Configuring and Managing Kubernetes Security” is now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check out the trailer here, or if...
2022-05-09
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Blogs
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
How AgentDBA Identifies Backup Failures
By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
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