Measuring SQL Server File Latency
This post is a reference post for retrieving IO statistics for data and log files in SQL Server. We’ll look at where we can find IO statistics in SQL...
2021-11-29 (first published: 2021-10-06)
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Anthony Nocentino
Updated Pluralsight Course – Configuring and Managing Kubernetes Networking, Services, and Ingress
My updated course “Configuring and Managing Kubernetes Networking, Services, and Ingress” is now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check out the trailer...
2021-10-20
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Setting Permissions on Files Inside a Container for SQL Server
This post will walk you through setting file permissions on database files copied into a container. The SQL Server process sqlservr running in containers runs as the non-privileged user...
2021-10-08 (first published: 2021-09-25)
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SQL Server on Physical Machine Best Practices
The intent of this post is a quick reference guide based on the recommendation made on Pure Storage Support page in the Microsoft Platform Guide . The target audience...
2021-10-08
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Best Practices for SQL Server on VMware - Distilled
The intent of this post is a quick reference guide based on the recommendation made in “Architecting Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere” April 2019 version. The target audience...
2021-09-29
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My Desktop Setup - Updated
Every once in a while when I’m recording a Pluralsight course, I’ll take a photo of my desk to let people see the behind the scenes of the process....
2021-09-17
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Pure Storage Flasharray SQL Server Snapshot Torture...You Kinda Asked for This
By Argenis Fernandez
This post is archived here. Pleae reach out to me, Anthony Nocentino if you have any questions.
I gotta admit, some of you are really hard to convince....
2021-09-15
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Updated Pluralsight Course – Managing Kubernetes Controllers and Deployments
My updated course “Managing Kubernetes Controllers and Deployments” in now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right...
2021-09-14
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Setting Trace Flags and Configuring SQL Server Containers
In this blog post, we will walk through a few examples of how to configure SQL Server in Docker Containers. First, we will configure a container at runtime by...
2021-09-12
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Setting Trace Flags and Configuring SQL Server in Kubernetes
In this blog post, we will walk through a few examples of configuring SQL Server in Kubernetes. First, we will create a Deployment for SQL Server, override the container’s...
2021-09-12
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Blogs
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion
By DataOnWheels
I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network Protection
Fabric inbound network protection involves two tenant-level controls: Private Link and Block Public Internet...
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AI Observability Challenges in FinOps as a DBA
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Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...
SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
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Finding a Database Master Key
Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?
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