Revisiting the Task List
I've written a few posts in the past about time management, and thought I'd post an update with some lessons...
2009-04-20
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Blog Posts
Security Basics - The C-I-A Triad
In the course of giving my security presentations over the past year, I've learned that quite a few folks have...
2009-04-20
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Simply Dumb Founded - A Non SQL Blog
Blogging is both more fun and harder than it looks, so when someone is getting started I try to offer...
2009-04-20
545 reads
The Death of Email Questions
One of my policies is not to answer questions from people about SQL Server in email. That includes emails to...
2009-04-20
1,058 reads
Use SQL 2008 Express As A Central Management Server
I had the chance to catch Brent Ozar's webcast last week on creating a poor man's CMDB. In it he...
2009-04-20
891 reads
Database Administration Literature Criticism
What is literature? I find this definition is pretty intuitive at http://classiclit.about.com/od/literaryterms/g/aa_whatisliter.htm and also this one is more comprehensive at...
2009-04-19
1,011 reads
LinkedIn as your Stepping Stone for Opportunities with Internationally-Oriented Organisations
As some of you may have read already, Andy Warren‘s series on LinkedIn (part 1, 2,3) and networking has sparked my...
2009-04-19
1,181 reads
Networking Results
I've written quite a few posts lately on networking and a very common question is - where's the results? What do...
2009-04-19
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So, what book do you recommend?
Another excellent blogger here on SSC, Jeffery Yao, has posted up an interesting idea http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/jeffrey_yao/archive/2009/04/20/database-administration-literature-criticism.aspx .
As a PASS chapter leader...
2009-04-19
456 reads
I Need a Backup and I Need It Now
I Need a Backup ... And I Need It Now
Have you ever wished that creating a backup on the fly was...
2009-04-18
3,498 reads
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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SQL 2019 instance with AG, across 2 Windows 2016 OS servers - OSin-place upgrade
Hi all Can I get some perspective from the community please on performing in-place...
How Long is a Long I/O?
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T-SQL Trigonometric Functions in SQL Server
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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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