What Is Using The Most Space In Your Database ?
As I work on moving a large system with multiple database servers from a 27TB SAN to a single database...
2009-10-14
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Glenn Berry
New Dell PowerEdge R710 Database Server
My long awaited new database server arrived today! It has two, quad-core Xeon X5550 processors, 72GB of DDR3 RAM, and...
2009-10-09
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SQL Server Announcements From Microsoft
Microsoft has announced the upcoming end of mainstream support for SQL Server 2005 SP2 on January 12, 2010, and for...
2009-10-09
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What a backed up Database Mirror looks like
One thing you need to be careful about with SQL Server 2005/2008 Database Mirroring is making sure that you don’t...
2009-10-09
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A DBA’s Fantasy
I happened upon the screenshot below, showing a stress test in progress against a Windows machine with 64 quad-core CPUs...
2009-10-08
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Very Useful SQL Server 2008 High Availability White Paper On MSDN
Fellow MVP, Paul Randal from SQLSkills.com has published a 35 page white paper on MSDN called “High Availability with SQL...
2009-10-08
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Updated SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries
Here is the October 2009 version of my SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries. They are very useful for gathering...
2009-10-07
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More SQL Server Benchmarks From AnandTech
AnandTech has another I.T. oriented post up comparing the performance and value of two-socket servers to four-socket servers. The gist...
2009-10-06
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A Tale of Two Utility Companies
I live in Parker, Colorado, which is a suburb of Denver, about 25 miles southeast of downtown Denver. I have...
2009-10-05
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How to Diagnose and Correct a “Runaway” Transaction Log
This shows you how to diagnose and correct a "runaway" transaction log. This is a very common issue that I...
2009-10-05
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Blogs
App-Consistent MongoDB Snapshots Across Multiple Pure Storage FlashArrays
Introduction When you’re running MongoDB at scale with data distributed across multiple Pure Storage...
PASS: Quantum Computing Slides
By Brian Kelley
If you're an attendee at the PASS Data Community Summit this year, there are...
A New Word: Dead Reckoning
By Steve Jones
dead reckoning– v. intr. finding yourself bothered by somebody’s death more than you would...
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Getting the Schema for Tables
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Getting the Schema for Tables
What happens when I run this on SQL Server 2022 in the AdventureWorks2022 database?
SELECT OBJECT_DEFINITION (OBJECT_ID(N'Person.Person')) AS [Object Definition]; GOSee possible answers