Jason Brimhall


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70-450 Study Guide

In my last post concerning my certification journey I said I may post a study guide.  I have thought it over and a sweetened condensed version of some of...

2011-06-30

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Arggghhhhh

I have a new tune stuck in my head now.  It got stuck there this afternoon shortly after my computer...

2011-06-30

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Arggghhhhh

I have a new tune stuck in my head now.  It got stuck there this afternoon shortly after my computer was forced into a reboot.  I was in the...

2011-06-30

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MCITP: 3 Down 1 To Go

Despite my desire to do one exam a week in pursuit of the MCITP Certifications for DBA and Developer in SQL 2008, other things came up that have slowed...

2011-06-27

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SWAG Saves the Day

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PASS Summit East is in one week. I was on the road last week...

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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Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...

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SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade

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How Long is a Long I/O?

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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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