Log Files from Different Sources
While working with Extended Events, or with any sort of logging or tracing utility, it becomes critical to consume the data from disparate sources or even to consume the...
2015-12-30
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Jason Brimhall
Histograms and Events
The last few articles covered the pair_matching target and some uses and details that go along with it. For a...
2015-11-03 (first published: 2015-10-22)
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Tricks and Treats with XE
With the proximity to Halloween, it's not hard (knowing me) to figure out why I originally decided to terminate this series on the Eve of Halloween day. Join me...
2015-10-30
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Tricks and Treats with XE
Halloween is a great time of year. It is unfortunate that it is just one day of the year. That...
2015-10-30
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Default Sessions
So I have blasted through a lot of technical articles about Extended Events. There is a lot of groundwork that...
2015-10-29
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Default Sessions
The focus of this article will be to introduce the default sessions deployed with SQL Server. Some of these are internal and "private" while others are more "public" and...
2015-10-29
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Azure SQL Database
What hasn't received any TLC is Extended Events from the Azure SQL Database perspective. You may be wondering why it matters since I just said that Extended Events is...
2015-10-28
7 reads
Azure SQL Database
So far I have strictly focused on Extended Events for SQL Server installations. This means I have been looking at Extended...
2015-10-28
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Exposure to Internals
The premise of the article today is to get a little exposure to some of the internals that may cause a bit of curiosity for you. I will share...
2015-10-27
4 reads
Exposure to Internals
For me, some of the most fun stuff with SQL Server is diving deep into the internals. Diving into the...
2015-10-27
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Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
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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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