Fusion-io, What It Takes To Be On The Cutting Edge
I recently had the privilege to talk with David Flynn, former CTO, Founder and newly minted CEO about Fusion-io. How...
2010-11-01
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Blog Posts
Leaving (for) Las Vegas
Tomorrow I’m off to Las Vegas for SQL Connections. Since tomorrow is also T-SQL Tuesday #012, I’m writing a pre-trip...
2010-11-01
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More Voting
As if the US Election and SQL Rally voting were not enough (and have you voted yet for the SQL...
2010-11-01
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Motivational Monday
In life there are not many guarantees. For DBA’s and developers there are a few:
1. Backups will become corrupted but...
2010-11-01
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Movember – Team IPMO
Some friends of mine decided to support the Movember charity this year. I would try and explain what Movember is...
2010-11-01
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November Question: What steps do you include in your database maintenance?
Database maintenance is a critical task for every DBA. For this month’s question, list the typical steps that you use...
2010-11-01
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November Snuck Up on Me
I should have gotten this post out last week with another follow-up this week. Well, looks like I will have...
2010-11-01
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Rescheduled: SQL Lunch #42 - Auditing Database Permissions in SQL Server
Last Wednesday I woke up feeling under the weather with a hoarse voice. I wasn't up to doing the presentation...
2010-11-01
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SQLSaturday#59 Update! - 3 weeks to go.....the after PASS East Coast Special!
SQLSaturday#59 Update!
Well, the event is now less than 3 weeks away (better finish my presentation 🙂 and there are 450+ attendees...
2010-11-01
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SQLServerCentral.com Track at SQL Server Connections This Week
If you are attending SQL Server Connections this week in Las Vegas, be sure to attend some of the sessions...
2010-11-01
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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?
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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