Jason Brimhall


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On the Tenth Day…

Silver and Gold have a way of really bringing the look and feel of the Christmas season. Silver and Gold also seem to represent something of greater value. We...

2012-12-22

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On the Ninth Day…

Creating a custom data collector can be very handy for a DBA.  Especially in times of troubleshooting.  These collectors are also quite useful for trending and analysis.  Consider this...

2012-12-21

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On the Eighth Day…

Today’s post is merely an illusion.  The illusion being that we have finally stopped talking about the msdb database.  I’ll explain about that later in this post. This should...

2012-12-20

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On the Sixth Day…

What better way to kick off the sixth day of pre-Christmas than with six slices of foie-gras?  No animals have been hurt in the making of this post! This...

2012-12-18

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Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop

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I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...

How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift

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The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech

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How Long is a Long I/O?

In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?

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