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
811 reads
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
1,803 reads
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
903 reads
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
1,323 reads
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
1,407 reads
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
789 reads
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
1,803 reads
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
811 reads
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
621 reads
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
8,603 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server
By SQLPals
How to Check TDE Progress and Elapsed Time in SQL Server ...
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Squared Values
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
SELECT SQUARE('12') See possible answers