SQLSaturday Vegas Style
We are mere moments from the inaugural SQL Saturday (announced a few short months ago) event in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada. Can you feel the excitement building? The SQLSat...
2014-04-03
5 reads
Jason Brimhall
New Backup Behavior in SQL 2014
As has been well publicized, today is the official Release To Manufacturing date for SQL Server 2014. You can read...
2014-04-01
928 reads
New Backup Behavior in SQL 2014
As has been well publicized, today is the official Release To Manufacturing date for SQL Server 2014. You can read more about all of that here. Something that hasn’t...
2014-04-01
3 reads
Table Space updated again
Today we have another update for an age old script on this site. You can find the last update to...
2014-03-28
794 reads
Table Space updated again
Today we have another update for an age old script on this site. You can find the last update to the script here. This time we have a bit...
2014-03-28
7 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #051: Bets and Results
The line for this months TSQL Tuesday required wagers be made concerning the risks and bets that have either been...
2014-02-19
1,786 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #051: Bets and Results
The line for this months TSQL Tuesday required wagers be made concerning the risks and bets that have either been made or not made. At close, we saw 17...
2014-02-19
3 reads
Locks, Blocks, and Deadlocks Oh My!
Abstract
Managing concurrency is one of the most challenging aspects of working with any enterprise DBMS. There is much confusion out...
2014-02-12
832 reads
Locks, Blocks, and Deadlocks Oh My!
Abstract Managing concurrency is one of the most challenging aspects of working with any enterprise DBMS. There is much confusion out there about locking, blocking, and deadlocks. In this...
2014-02-12
7 reads
Risking Health, Life and Family
Since announcing the topic last week for T-SQL Tuesday, I have thought about many different possibilities for my post. All...
2014-02-11
832 reads
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Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
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,...
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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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