Cluster failover – what’s the best way to get notified?
G’day,
I look after several clustered instances of SQL SERVER. One of the tasks that I do every morning is to check...
2011-03-27
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Marty
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So you’re RAIDed, but are you protected?
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Occasionally, I hear things that surprise me. And one of the statements that I’ve heard lately that fits into that category is...
2011-03-24
390 reads
Primary Keys – why accept the defaults.
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When I design a table in SQL SERVER, I like to have a reasonable understanding of how the table will...
2011-03-22
3,044 reads
Primary Keys – why accept the defaults.
G’day,
When I design a table in SQL SERVER, I like to have a reasonable understanding of how the table will...
2011-03-19
1,751 reads
Disaster Recovery Exposure - Part Two
In part one, I gave a general overview of some of the things that may affect IT services in the...
2011-03-15
533 reads
Disaster Recovery Exposure. - Part One
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I've just readPaul Randal's sqlmag article about the need to test your disaster recovery strategy. In that article Paul mentions...
2011-03-15
1,155 reads
In summary - SQLskills internals.
Well, I attended a full week of SQL internals from Paul Randal [Blog | Twitter] and Kimberley L. Tripp [Blog | Twitter]...
2011-03-06
498 reads
What...you mean I won...and Thank You.
Well, what a week it’s been. I started my winning blog post for the SQLskills blogging competition by stating that...
2011-01-30
2,098 reads
Internals and Performance class in Dallas
At last, my blog is starting to pay real dividends. Not only do I get the opportunity to publish my...
2011-01-28
2,054 reads
Internals and Performance class in Dallas
At last, my blog is starting to pay real dividends. Not only do I get the opportunity to publish my...
2011-01-23
4,023 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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