Back from a vacation and ready to hit the ground running
I doubt you noticed but I took a few weeks to relax, so no tech for me. Last week my...
2013-02-11
887 reads
I doubt you noticed but I took a few weeks to relax, so no tech for me. Last week my...
2013-02-11
887 reads
I have a new blog post up at HouseOfBrick.com on why you should understand your workload performance characteristics. When you...
2013-02-11
928 reads
I am pleased to announce that I am speaking at VMware’s Partner Exchange for their CI1464 – Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server...
2013-01-26
785 reads
At the House of BrickSolutions Architect blog, I have a new post up on the path to full SQL Server...
2013-01-23
750 reads
Yesterday I was featured as a guest on the VMware.com vFabric blog to introduce a whitepaper that I authored on...
2013-01-22
1,002 reads
Recently, one of my favorite customers asked me some very thought-provoking questions about using database partitioning to move transactional data around. Their...
2013-01-18 (first published: 2013-01-14)
14,914 reads
What a wild year this has been. There have been ups and downs, but the ups have been incredible. To...
2013-01-01
923 reads
Paul Grevink has released a great study guide for the VMware VCAP5-DCA exam. It’s available here! I’ll be using it...
2013-01-01
712 reads
I just discovered a few posts calling out a bug in the vSphere 5.1 vCenter performance statistic rollup procedure for...
2012-12-31
1,491 reads
In the early days of virtualization, the core focus of virtualization was primarily consolidation. You could achieve quite high consolidation...
2012-12-17
1,742 reads
By Will Assaf
I recently reviewed, worked on, and added a similar example to the DATETIMEOFFSET Microsoft...
Database administrators (DBAs) are the backbone of data-driven organizations. If you're looking to break...
By Brian Kelley
Another security fundamentals topic is authentication versus authorization. For those who have a clear...
I have a SQL Server 2019 Enterprise Edition on CU 25. It has in-memory...
Experts, I am learning some skills so I can troubleshoot some performance-related issues. I...
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